(January 7, 2013 at 11:23 am)paulpablo Wrote: as i said, im not claiming he could see the future or had a crystal ball or anything.
and as ive already said i used the word prophet to distinguish him from other mohammeds so you knew who i was talking about.
Im not religious so i dont believe in any of the following titles priest bishop pope imam high priestess, but id still use the terms to clarify who im speaking about if it helped get my point across.
Ok, I admit I am being a pedantic "semantic" word Nazi here. I simply think some words should be neutered so that the people who use them cant have the power they didn't earn in the first place.
The point being is that if you agree that no one has a crystal ball, then don't give them the undue and unfounded title of "prophet". If there is no such thing, then Mo was just a man, which is all he was.
It is the same as using the word "Reverend". I never use it. If I meet a person holding such titles, I call them by their first and last name, not their title. That is their title they use, for them. Since I am not into their superstition I will not use it to refer to them.
It all amounts to in reality, that titles are just titles and what matters more to me is who the person is and how they treat others as individuals, not their title, not in politics or religion or business. We all put our pants on one leg at a time. And since magic does not exist, and people don't talk to gods, merely themselves, such titles are unfounded.
