pynchon agnostic? II

[Cyrus]

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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09328a.htm

thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet wrote:

>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
>God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him;
>and without him was not any thing made that was made.
>
>There you have it, it was all produced by language.
>  
>
Sorry, Thomas, but in your citation "word" has nothing to do with language.
 From the OED:

Logos. Theol. and Philos.
[Gr. "logos", word, speech, discourse, reason, f. "log-", ablaut-variant 
of "leg-" in "leg-ein", to say.]
A term used by Greek (esp. Hellenistic and Neo-Platonist) philosophers 
in certain metaphysical and theological applications developed from one 
or both of its ordinary senses _reason' and _word'; also adopted in 
three passages of the Johannine writings of the N.T. (where the English 
versions render it by _Word') as a designation of Jesus Christ; hence 
employed by Christian theologians, esp. those who were versed in Greek 
philosophy, as a title of the Second Person of the Trinity. By mod. 
writers the Gr. word is used untranslated in historical expositions of 
ancient philosophical speculation, and in discussions of the doctrine of 
the Trinity in its philosophical aspects.

See also the catholic encyclopedia for a more detailed analysis:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09328a.htm

As for the act of Creation, sure, the Bible says: "God said" and "God 
called". You seem to imply He used language. But why? Language is a tool 
for communication. With whom did God wish to communicate? There was 
nothing before He created the Earth, was there? And what language did He 
supposedly speak? All, right, here is where theology begins, so I must stop.

respectfully (I mean it)
Cyrus