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chefcrsh
Skeptic Friend
Hong Kong
380 Posts |
 Posted - 11/24/2011 : 08:34:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
[Seriously, until you provide me a link to an English word authority that defines ritual (noun) as contemplation or meditation. |
By the way this is the possibly the stupidest request I have ever read. Dictionaries explain proper use of words they do not enumerate every thing that can be that word. Don't believe me look up music, or fiction, or literature, or movie, and see that it does not enumerate genre, or even specific media. If I follow your twisted logic I must not assume a comic book is fiction literature unless a dictionary specifies a comic book under the definition of fiction and literature.
Aside from the glaring fact that the only consistent and legitimate "English word authority" is common use.
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 09:24:30 [Permalink]
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bngbuck, you are challenging the idea that meditation could accurately be described as "ritual" based on dictionary definitions? I'm having a hard time taking you seriously. Here's an authoritative dictionary definition of "ritual" from Encyclopedia's webstite:
Main Entry:1rit·u·al
Pronunciation:\#712;ri-ch#601;-w#601;l, -ch#601;l; #712;rich-w#601;lFunction:adjective
Etymology:Latin ritualis, from ritus rite
Date:1570
1: of or relating to rites or a ritual : CEREMONIAL <a #8764; dance>
2: according to religious law <#8764; purity>
3: done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol <#8764; handshakes> <#8764; background checks>
— rit·u·al·ly adverb |
So handshakes and background checks are rituals according to a reputable dictionary. At this point excluding meditation truly seems absurd. Give it up. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 10:46:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Dr. Mabuse.....
| Have a look at yourself in the mirror. |
I just did. I am reasonably happy with what I see. Can you say the same?| While you're not starting out calling people names, you're insulting enough to solicit them. |
Well, that's a pleasant and courteous comment, Mikael, or is it merely your adopting Horace's complaint expressing your misanthropy?
Perhaps you would care to stand up tall enough to explain exactly how I have insulted you?
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You seem so full of contemplation, that I would have thought you would figure it out. I was giving you advice. My misanthropy is in your eye beholding me.
I will pray for you.
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 21:16:34 [Permalink]
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chef.....
I'm certainly thankful for that today, chefmeister. Try not to burn the hamburgers! |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 21:24:13 [Permalink]
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Mabuse......
You know, you frequently sound as emotionally fragile as a closet fundamentalist, so I accept that as an honest expression of concern for my well-being. Thank you. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 21:53:51 [Permalink]
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Marfknox.....
| So handshakes and background checks are rituals according to a reputable dictionary |
Of course they are. There is motion, action, movement involved. You believe that contemplation or meditation describe the same type of phenomena as handshakes? Your thinking is difficult to follow.
| I'm having a hard time taking you seriously |
Well, nothing worth achieving comes easily.
I am thankful that I was able to provide you with a reason to disparage!
Put-downs appear to be so important to you! Have a nice holiday, 'mam. |
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chefcrsh
Skeptic Friend
Hong Kong
380 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 23:16:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Marfknox.....
| So handshakes and background checks are rituals according to a reputable dictionary |
Of course they are. There is motion, action, movement involved. You believe that contemplation or meditation describe the same type of phenomena as handshakes? Your thinking is difficult to follow.
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Pray tell what overt movement and "action" do you think is involved in background checks? Dancing? chanting? perhaps repetitive bowing? |
| Edited by - chefcrsh on 11/24/2011 23:40:52 |
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Is spiritualism an aspect of reality?
