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One of the most common types of posts in the Religion section of Quora takes various forms, all asking the same thing: ‘Can I redefine what God is supposed to be?’ Can god be defined as an electromagnetic force? Can we define God as a feeling of missing something after becoming atheist? Can God be …
Continue reading “‘Can I redefine God as…?’ No. Here’s why.”
Redefining words is not a job for any individual or interest group. What a word means is determined by how it is used by the English-speaking community. If someone chooses to use the word ‘gods’ to refer to, say, peanut butter sandwiches, all that will happen is that they will confuse other people and be …
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