(August 9, 2016 at 7:07 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Just because two words are essentially synonymous doesn't mean that two words can't convey different subtleties (which is kind of why we HAVE multiple words that cover the same thing in the first place).
Exactly. Nuance. According to one point of view, "Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force" - I've never thought of that being interpreted to mean that he fucked it... Rule 34 notwithstanding.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'