(February 13, 2015 at 6:52 am)jesus_wept Wrote:(February 12, 2015 at 6:47 pm)wiploc Wrote: dictionary.com's first hit for militant is
A bit off topic but what's the deal with dictionary.com? Fundies quote it at me like its the be all and end all of dictionaries but many of its definitions are subtly different from other dictionaries and tend to be biased towards theists, and once they've quoted it they won't accept any other definition, is dictionary.com made by theists for theists or something? I'd never heard of it until a theist started quoting it to me like it was the written word of god.
It isn't that words don't have meaning or power, they certainly do. But humans sometimes put far too much magic into the power of words. It is why theists get bent out of shape when you pick on their claims. I've had Jews demand on websites they do not own that I don't spell out Yahweh as if their privates would magically burst into flames upon reading it.
I think the only power of words that matter to me, are those that promote the value of questioning and inquiry and are evidence based. Anything outside that while still valued as a human right, should never be given blanket taboos.
