[The Hierophant]

Originally posted by daan: The problem basically lies in our own language .. Recently a few language-philosophers have been analyzing our language ( they owed that to their name ). F.e. The question: Does goed exist ? Cant be answered, beause in order to formulate a question, according to the philosophers, you have to have defined all the components in that question. -God- isnt defined, we dont know what god is, so the question : "Does God exist"" cant be answered. And if you say: God is omnipotent (he can do anything) you bump into a problem. Because if he is omnipotent, he could create a rock so heavy, that even he cant lift it. But if he cant lift it, he's not omnipotent.. and if he cant create the rock, he isnt omnipotent either. Another example is describing time,.. few people can define it. A famous quote is : "If no one asks me I know, but if i have to explain it to someone who asks, I dont" A few years ago a few scientist finally managed to give a definition of time, WIHTOUT using time related words. If you give a definition of time, you cant use words that involve time, becuase that has to be defined still. The definition was 2 A-4 pages I believe. So language is usually the problem. As much as heat creates cold and vice versa, dark creates light and vice versa, it's us that create space. Space is that what's between to objects. If there are two planets, there'll be space between them, its the consequence language puts on the fact that there are two things, and they arent in the same place. I'm gonna stop now, I lost track of myself writing this .. have no idea what i wrote anymore [img]tongue.gif[/img] Hope it makes sense

Makes alot of sense. Very good post [img]smile.gif[/img]