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Re: Taxonomy of supernatural beings

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Friday, September 20, 2002, 14:36
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:56:28 +0200 Pavel Adamek <pavel.adamek@...>
writes:
> > I'm not sure why you differentiate between upper and > > lower case gods. It makes very little sense to me. > > They're the same thing, really.
> I definitely dont think so. IMCO, > there is much greater difference between God and god > than between god and human. > The being who is omnipotent and all-knowing > cannot feel itself endangered > and therefore he does not hate. > Now compare it with those gods > who are fighting each other. > How could be the being who wrote the software for Big Bang > the same thing as the temporary local ruler of Olymp? > P.A.
- I always thought that the difference is that "god(s)" is a common noun, and "God" is a name. -Stephen (Steg) "aruki krisp."