Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 26 May 2025 15:53:04 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote or quoted:

1. That is an intellectualist/atheist definition of "miracle",
intended to show that none exist. The actual meaning is "something
worth looking at". Or perhaps "something you don't see every day".

>
 However, have you heard of the "etymological fallacy," where
 someone wrongly argues that a word's current meaning must be
 the same as its original or historical meaning, ignoring the
 fact that language evolves over time?
>
 I have my dictionary right here, and it says, "An event that
 appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to
 be supernatural in origin or an act of God".
>
 Oops! Sorry, I was being an "intellectualist" again!

Just because the intellectuals and atheists won the battle to make
that the definition does not change the reality.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"