Re: Re: The prison of language and the meanings of words

2012-08-14 Thread Roger
Hi John Clark Good one. Another version is said to have been made by St. Theresa, who said to God, regarding His failure to heal her sickness, No wonder you have so few friends ! Roger , rclo...@verizon.net 8/14/2012 - Receiving the following content - From: John Clark Receiver:

The prison of language and the meanings of words

2012-08-11 Thread Roger
Hi Stephen P. King Here would be Peter Berger's (The Social Construction of Reality) version: The meanings of all words are established (invented) pragmatically--through use, just as our mothers taught us the meanings of words through use, though conversation. Thus language is a cultural

Re: The prison of language and the meanings of words

2012-08-11 Thread meekerdb
On 8/11/2012 9:34 AM, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Roger rclo...@verizon.net mailto:rclo...@verizon.net wrote: So no wonder God wouldn't give his name God's true name is Bob but He's reluctant for that to become well known because He's in the Witness Protection