(April 8, 2014 at 10:32 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(April 8, 2014 at 10:08 pm)Godlesspanther Wrote: Redefining words to mean or not mean whatever you want them to is dishonest.
It is, however, a cornerstone of christianity, where "love" means "believe in me or burn," and "forgiveness" involves an extra-material plane full of eternally burning souls who committed the smallest of infractions.
And the deeper you go, the worse it gets. Fundie creationists don't just have to redefine moral terms, but also scientific ones... the whole religion is just about shitting on the very idea of language until eventually the dialogue is so skewed and confusing that god comes out the other end looking sparkling without ever having to earn that.
"Truth," "benevolent," "savior," "grace," "salvation," "idolatry"