(October 15, 2016 at 9:16 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:When the meanings of words change over time, the operative function is lost on the human mind. Dictonaries do not define words, the list current usage.(October 15, 2016 at 5:07 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: The way the word is current used/abused and practiced is not functionally different than belief. It's actual function has been lost/obscured to the public mind. If their belief system is based on the bible, it state's quite clearly in several places that faith is a gift of God, from God, and it is not created by man.
And those of us who don't have a belief system based on the bible use what's called a "dictionary", lol.
Dictionaries now list a "definition" for literally that means the exact opposite of literal.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder