RE: "Thank God!"
October 28, 2012 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: October 28, 2012 at 12:39 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(October 28, 2012 at 12:24 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Words have no intrinsic power; what matters is the intent behind them and there is no religious intent to my use of such phrases.
Indeed words do not have intrinsic meaning, they have to be defined - although, dictionaries often agree a lot and, when in doubt, most people consult a dictionary. There may be no religious intent of such phrases, but because of their typical definitions it's not surprising that they can be misunderstood.