22 Jul 2010, 9:57 am
22 Jul 2010, 10:15 am
My only problem with agnosticism is that it gives theists an out to think that you're on the fence about THEIR religion. They perceive it as you're not sure if their god exists.
22 Jul 2010, 11:12 am
My only problem with agnosticism is that it gives theists an out to think that you're on the fence about THEIR religion. They perceive it as you're not sure if their god exists.
Ah, but they typically get quite disillusioned when they find out that we're *just* as agnostic about every other god that's ever been conceived. They perceive us as "ripe for the pickin' " so to speak, but we're actually harder to sway than some die-hard atheists because we don't go that "last millimeter" very easily.
~Kate
22 Jul 2010, 11:16 am
I remember first hearing 'profanity' in the early sixties. My mother was always shouting words like "Damn," "Hell", "Shite", "Christ" and the like. I was immune to such rants, but when I creatively said Mucker-F***er she hit the roof.
I have a neighbour who uses the F-word so much I usually do not even notice. But if he screams it out and is arguing, I become a little worried. I think it is the way the word is used. Sort of the medium is the message. Even if he used a term like Fluffy Marshmallows I would be alarmed. For an NT he has temper megafits with his kids, and he has been warned about his violent use of language by the Housing Provider. I think anger management training might be an option. His alcohol use is disturbing also.
Damn...my mother was the same way. She was always saying those other words you mention (I had to remind her she was insulting herself when she called my brother an SOB when she was pissed at him...LOL) but when I said the F word as a teenager she flipped out!
I also agree with you that it's the way words are used, not the words themselves. I have NO problem with profanity per se, only when it's used in a manner that is hurtful to others.
~Kate
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22 Jul 2010, 1:44 pm
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Actually, yes I do.
22 Jul 2010, 3:39 pm
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23 Jul 2010, 8:47 am
You basically got the gist of what I wrote in Spanish. "Acum" is the Romanian word for "now"...just as "hace 30 años" is the phrase for "30 years ago" in Spanish, "acum 16 luni" is the equivalent phrase in Romanian for "16 months ago"...literally, "now 16 months". And yes, the word for month in Romanian, "lună" (luni is plural)is the same word as for moon in Romanian, and it comes from the same Latin root as such English words as "lunar" and "lunatic" 
Seamănă is actually the 3rd person singular, present indicative conjugation of the verb a semăna, which means "to be similar", or "to resemble" (in the case of a person).
~Kate
