Re: oh please.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Bruce Geerdes wrote:

>> Nah, the problem here is that the word's *primary* referent is 
>> religion, and it is only applied to other things secondarily.
>
> The root definition is certainly religious but it's used figuratively 
> all the time.

Hmmm, could be interesting to parse your use of the word "figurative" 
here.  But that might be a bit *too* tangential, even for me.

>> And Palin is, in theory, *primarily* a Christian and only secondarily 
>> American -- at least, that's what she *should* be, if I am to take her 
>> faith seriously.
>
> Well, if she were a Mormon, given their literal belief in its 
> sacredness, I'd be siding with you. As it is I'm not sure.

Given that Christians need to affirm their allegiance to Christ above 
everything else, I really don't think it's a smart idea to use religious 
language when venerating secular documents; we shouldn't be encouraging 
confusion among our brethren *or* idolatry among the heathen.

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