On 12 January 2015 at 19:52, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/11/2015 8:05 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *meekerdb > > > > On 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. >
Bruno has a specific definition of God, it appears, which is separate from all other definitions. He could have called it something else, maybe "The One" would be clearer, but he's given his definition for use in discussions of a particular topic. This is the opposite of what O'Brien says. The 1984 equivalent would be to redefine *everyone's* use of "God" to mean "Big Brother" not to confine it that usage to a discussion of one particular topic (i.e. "comp"). I doubt Bruno disputes that other people use God differently from him in other contexts. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
