me: >>god help me, I listened to (almost) all of the Obama/McCain debate.
John Gulick wrote: > As Hobbes wrote, appealing to God is the last resort of those who can no > longer hope against hope itself ... FWIW, I wasn't "appealing to God" but instead using a common figure of speech. Since my working hypothesis (one that's worked very well so far) is that no deities exist, I deliberately did not capitalize "god." (or maybe I should -- is "god" a proper name, like John or Jim?) -- Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
