Thread: A Belief Question
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Old 11-10-2006, 08:10 AM   #58
Flint
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Originally Posted by marichiko
You're playing word games.
I'm not. HP insists that "worship" is always communicative, and I disgree.
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Originally Posted by marichiko
I cannot imagine people worshipping without some purpose in mind.
What we're discussing is whether "worship" is communicative, not whether it has a purpose.
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Originally Posted by Flint
But "no purpose" is not the only alternative to "a specific purpose" . . .
I'm not playing word games. A non-communicative purpose is still a purpose.
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