Thursday, February 5, 2009

what's the word

The english language is full of words with vague meanings such as moral, ethic, good, smart, funny, true, and the list goes on. It is possible to say something in each of these categories that everyone will agree upon but it's easier to think of things that you personally view to fit one of the listed words.

On the issue of gay marriage who is moral? The answer is your side typically, the conservative view of gays not being allowed to get married is justified by religious personal conviction, the liberal side views it as equality and not discriminating... so who is right?

The problem is what is marriage? If marriage is defined as taking a relationship of love to the next level and we need to be equal fair and uphold the constitution then gays, bisexuals, transvestites,polygamists, and anyone else that desires to get married has that right under freedom of religion.

Alternatively if marriage is unifying the souls of a man and a woman to God in Holy matrimony, that it is a sacred ritual practiced within the religion then I don't agree with anyone that doesn't meet that requirement getting married. 

Now the Democratic and Republican parties have both tried to put negative connotations to the opposing side. Republicans used pro-life which gives the opposing side the view of being pro-death. While the Democratic party has become anti-war which makes the Republicans pro-war by being the opposite side. 

Obviously Democrats aren't pro-death because then they wouldn't be anti-war, and Republicans can't be pro-war because they are pro-life. This shows that morality and ethics are not clear and language is manipulated to depict false personas. 

One word that in reality never has the same meaning in any two people's heads is the world. This is an interesting concept because we don't use definitives at all with it. In example the Bible talks about the world but is making reference to more than one kind of world. 

   The stars of heaven and their constellations  will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened  and the moon will not give its light I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. I will make man scarcer than pure gold,more rare than the gold of Ophir

-Isaiah 13:10 - 12


For God So Loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.


-John 3:16,17



So obviously God isn't punishing the same world He is saving so there are multiple meanings for this word. The world is very broad yet it mentions what the  similarity and places those that don't share that similarity in a separate category. 

We some times say terms like the business world, the social world,the sports world, the secular world, and the list goes on. This segregates social groups into different worlds, such as first, second and third world does. It allows us to stereotype. 

1 comment:

  1. I like how you use of the two Bible verses, when left separated they would cause confusion. However, when the whole Bible is fully applied, you can see how these two verses work together. The Bible tells us that the world is evil, God plans to judge the world, and He made away for people to escape that judgment, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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