(July 4, 2010 at 3:30 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: Until we all agree on what the limits of naturalism are, the controversy won't end and consequently, 'Supernatural' finds itself as one of the most useless words in the English Language, along with 'Finnimbrun', 'Pulveratricious' and 'Floccinaucinihilipilification'.
Ah, I see you have engaged in a bit of floccinaucinihilipilification with these words. You seem to regard them as the verbal equivalent of a finnimbrun. Indeed, you... no, I can't think of a way to get 'pulveratricious' in. That one, I'll admit, is pretty useless.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
