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PeterH
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Re: Ritual
Jan 13, 2006, 22:01
So I'm a "pedant" now simply because I have taken the trouble to try to understand what you mean when using a word that I do not use.

You misunderstand me when you say that my concern with the sacred is about "being above criticism".

Perhaps I can make my view clear now - not that it is of the slightest importance to you, Paulus or anyone else.

I can say that the most important and precious thing in my life is the life of my child.

I cannot say that the life of my child is sacred.

I could only say that the life of my child is sacred if I were to dedicate or appropriate it to a God of a religion that I believed in.

If you separate the word "sacred" from religion then you are mis-using it. Ditto "numinous" . That is up to you, but it doesn't take a pedant to say that if you are careless about the meanings of words, no one will understand you.
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