I wondered if your linguistic prowess included the Greek and Latin... I guess not. Even so, your other knowledge of morpholgy and language useage is certainly relevant.
Arach:
but it's important to remember of course that the origin of a word may not bear much on the current usage. and in this case, in western societies, religion was the only form of academics for a thousand years or so.
Excellent observation! I think that is part of Paul Davies' analysis as well.
Arach:
i don't want to junk up this thread too much with an aside, but do you have a link to the conversation that prompted the PNT? i'll look at it, and if i feel so inclined, i'll comment once the thread goes through.
I understand... Thank you. And I invite you to read the whole thing if you wish. If I am missing something, I need to know from a source other than Kuresu who seems very worked up over the issue.
Here is where the recent trouble began: http://
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