Re: Possible new name for "deity"

[Stephen Zander <gibreel@pobox.com>]

>>>>> "bruce" == bruce  <bruce@va.debian.org> writes:

[snip a poor joke on my part]

    bruce> Very offensive to religious people of the Judeo-Christian
    bruce> tradition.  Unitarian Universalist religious ceremonies
    bruce> sometimes begin with the statement "Remember the Deity is
    bruce> always present, even when not invoked".  In their
    bruce> tradition, "The Deity" _must_ mean "God", because there is
    bruce> only one. The most important sentence of Jewish liturgy is
    bruce> "The Lord is One". Islam has an almost identical statement
    bruce> as its central dogma, "I witness that Allah is God and
    bruce> there is no God but Allah".  Forgive me if I word this
    bruce> wrong, I think I have the sense correctly.

I understand your concern, Bruce.  I would argue the philosphy further
but I see it serving no useful purpose.  Just as long as the same
sensitivity is extended to the non-Abramic traditions, I've got nothing
against avoiding inappropriate terms. Enough said.

    bruce> Consider how silly a lesser, but more familiar designation
    bruce> sounds: it's not Emacs any longer, it's Saint Emacs!

Given the lack of amusement at my last attempt, I'm not touching this.

-- 
Stephen
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