tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post4698187844126068890..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: Note to The Episcopal Church: Words really do have meaning and words really do matterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-54946522001968555622009-03-10T16:19:00.000-04:002009-03-10T16:19:00.000-04:00This attack on words is really a serious attack on...This attack on words is really a serious attack on The Word, and on the theology in John 1.<BR/><BR/>"In the beginning ... the Word was God ... the Word became flesh and dwelt among us."<BR/><BR/>If words are not dependable, they can claim that Jesus is not dependable either; nor is any part of the Scriptures.<BR/><BR/>MarciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-44983352446495336172009-03-10T10:50:00.000-04:002009-03-10T10:50:00.000-04:00When I first read this, I thought Missing Persons ...When I first read this, I thought <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIcWxFR4uh0" REL="nofollow">Missing Persons</A> would be fitting musical accompaniment, but thinking about the context, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqcuWYfUccg" REL="nofollow">Siouxie</A> would be better for the literary allusion:<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/>'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.'<BR/><BR/>'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.'<BR/><BR/>'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master—that's all.'<BR/><BR/>Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. 'They've a temper, some of them—particularly verbs, they're the proudest—adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs—however, I can manage the whole lot of them! Impenetrability! That's what I say!'<BR/><BR/>'Would you tell me, please,' said Alice 'what that means?'<BR/><BR/>'Now you talk like a reasonable child,' said Humpty Dumpty, looking very much pleased. 'I meant by "impenetrability" that we've had enough of that subject, and it would be just as well if you'd mention what you mean to do next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop here all the rest of your life.'<BR/><BR/>'That's a great deal to make one word mean,' Alice said in a thoughtful tone.<BR/><BR/>'When I make a word do a lot of work like that,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'I always pay it extra.'Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261766465382455822noreply@blogger.com