words have no meaning, people have meanings.
I would appreciate it very much if someone could explain what
this means.
Dear Tim,
I can tell you what I meant by that. ;-}
Words in and of themselves have no instinsic meaningm they are just
sounds. But those that use them intend
Hi Tim,
Words have no meaning unless we understand them. In
my case, words in a language that I don't understand have no meaning for me, but
people as a generic term have meaning.
Best wishes
Mike
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From:
Tim Nolan
To: Baha'i Studies
Sent: Monday,
RE The Trouble With Islam Today by Irshad Manji, recommended by Albert:
I also highly recommend this book.
Manji asks the tough, unavoidable questions that need to be dealt with both
within contemporary Islam and outside of it. Her advantage is that she is a
Muslim who speaks from direct
Ian Kluge wrote:
RE The Trouble With Islam Today by Irshad Manji, recommended by Albert:
I also highly recommend this book.
Manji asks the tough, unavoidable questions that need to be dealt with both
within contemporary Islam and outside of it. Her advantage is that she is a
Muslim who speaks
Dear Friends,
If you want to see an even-handed approach to the ramifications of
Islam in geo-political terms I would recommend you look at the book
*Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of
Terror* by Mahmood Mamdani.
But I do not want to see this list become a
hmmm. i know what u said...not what u mean.
i have a sebnse of what u reported, not what u mean.
i have beenb engaged in a 4 year ongoing discussion with a number of people
who will not understand that the suffix _ity
has a value, means something sepcific, concretly affectsthe noun or
Hi Susan,Words in and of themselves have no instinsic meaning; they are just sounds.Yes. I think the book Finnegans Wake is a good example of this.But those that use them intend things by those sounds, and what they intend is the meaning. I see this the same way. Words do
