Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: lujvo

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:20:58 PDT

la xod cusku di'e

>If a Christian really believes there is only one True God, it behooves
>them to use "lo" to indicate their absolute belief.

That's not really how {lo} works. Its veridicality is
less important than its indefiniteness. I think someone
using {lo cevni} = "some god", would get across a different
meaning, much less absolutist. Even {lo pa cevni} doesn't
quite do it. In English a Christian can say and believe
to be true something like "at least one god created the
universe", but it is unlikely that they would choose to
put it that way. Just the same effect is obtained with {lo}.

co'o mi'e xorxes

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