RE: The Tower of Babel
November 16, 2015 at 7:57 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2015 at 7:59 pm by Cyberman.)
(November 16, 2015 at 5:24 pm)Drich Wrote:(November 16, 2015 at 3:05 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Because it's used in the same connotation as "gook", "commie", "insurgent" and the like. Giving the 'enemy' a label that removes their humanity makes them easier to visualise as targets. You only have to skim this board, or watch a few YT preachers, to see how this plays out in actuality.
That is a distinction without a difference. The "N" word you seem to be dancing around is an excellent example. If you can imagine the world was one single solarty race. what meaning would that word have? like wise if the whole world is sinful/Everyone a sinner, then the only people offended by the "S" word are those who believe they are without sin. It's like being upset at the term Homo sapien. Why would anyone be upset with that term unless they thought themselves to be something more?
Actually, I wasn't dancing around "the "N" word", since it wasn't in my head. Maybe it's a cultural thing. Regardless, my point is if the word "sinner" can equate to "homo sapien", or simply "human", why not use the terms that don't come preloaded with judgemental baggage?
Additionally, depending on the definition of "sin", one of which is something akin to "transgression against God", then I for one am indeed sinless. Merely human.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'