Re: Solution to the energy shortage?

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:37:32 GMT, "Dutch" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"Christopher A. Lee" <calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:43:23 GMT, "Dutch" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>"Ben Goren" <ben@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>news:1209438312_909@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Dutch wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Much exists  that is not objectively  verifiable. Good character
>>>> > exists, interest  in certain topics, affection,  sense of humor,
>>>> > compassion, courage, just to name a few.
>>>>
>>>> I think you'll  find that, once you provide  cogent definitions of
>>>> those terms, every  one of them will be  objectively verifiable --
>>>> in theory, at least, and, for the most part, in practice.
>>>
>>>Tough job.
>>>
>>>If I define god as that force which energizes living things, I can
verify
>>>it's existence.
>>
>> That would be dishonest.
>
>Why is that? 

Duh. Because there are better words which don't carry the baggage
implicit in calling it "God".

You can define your aunt as a streetcar if you like, but it doesn't
make her one.