On 1/11/2015 8:05 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote:
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *meekerdbOn 1/11/2015 6:39 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: Once Bruno explained to me how he intends the term god when he uses it I understood his intent. Clearly he is not connoting some biblical deity when he uses the term. While it may be a continuous source of confusion for him as others who are unfamiliar with his meaning of god, encounter his usage of it; it is his prerogative to decide to use that term. That's how O'Brien explains it to Winston Smith. Come on now... how does an allusion to George Orwell’s 1984 enter into this?
O'Brien knew that who controls language controls thought. So peace is war. Atheism is Christianity. And "God" is whatever you want it to mean.
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