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I don't have any truck with philosophers in general. On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: > Seems like this would interact nicely with the setting of *American Gods*, > where {lo cevni be noda} are literally dying mostly because {noda ra cevni}. > > I think some theist philosophers would disagree with your definition, > though; it's, in a sense, very anthropocentric; {pu ji'a sai lo nu zasti lo > remna ku la .jegvon. ze'e ca cevni fi ro da} > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Jonathan Jones wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: >> >>> So it seems like your notion of {cevni} focuses more centrally on >>> worship and dominion than on divinity. >>> >> >> No, it focus entirely on status. Their servants thought they were gods, >> we know they aren't. If someone think that X is god, then to that person, >> {da cevni}. If someone else does not think X is a god, or alternatively >> /knows/ that X isn't, hen to /that/ person, {da na cevni}. >> >> >>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:24 PM, .arpis. wrote: >>>> >>>>> Which is why I say misleading and not incorrect. >>>>> >>>>> Also, {la'oi Goa'uld cevni xu} by your definition (ignore if you >>>>> haven't seen Stargate SG-1)? >>>>> >>>> >>>> {.i go'i jenai go'i .i na cevni mi to fangypre po'o toi .i cevni lo gy. >>>> remna selfu} >>>> Yes and no. Not gods to me (just aliens), but gods to their human >>>> servants. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM, .arpis. >>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Then I believe that the jbovlaste definition of {cevni} is >>>>>>> misleading: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Definition: x1 is a/the god/deity of people(s)/religion x2 with dominion >>>>>>> over x3 [sphere]; x1 is divine. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> note the secondary definition. I would consider angels to be divine. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, then you're using a different sense of the word "divine" than >>>>>> jbovlaste is, because the sense of "divine" in the English definition of >>>>>> {cevni} is "(of or pertaining to a god): deific, godlike, godly", whereas >>>>>> you seem to be meaning "(eternal, holy): hallowed, holy, sacred". >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Even demons, and if you stretch the meaning /really/ far, djinn. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM, .arpis. < >>>>>>>>> rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> xu se cumki smuni lo ka ce'u ge angeli gi cevni >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> {cevni} can refer to many different things, but not angels. Gods, >>>>>>>>> goddesses, demi-god(esse)s, oni, and so on and so forth. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But not angels. Angels are not gods, they aren't even god-like. >>>>>>>>> Except for maybe the archangels, they're barely above humans, and in many >>>>>>>>> ways are lower on the totem pole (like the complete lack of free will, >>>>>>>>> emotion, or creativity, for example). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> mu'o mi'e .aionys. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do >>>>>>>>> zo'o >>>>>>>>> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> mu'o mi'e .aionys. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o >>>>>>>> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "lojban" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> mu'o mi'e .arpis. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "lojban" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> mu'o mi'e .aionys. >>>>>> >>>>>> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o >>>>>> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "lojban" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> mu'o mi'e .arpis. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "lojban" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> mu'o mi'e .aionys. >>>> >>>> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o >>>> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "lojban" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Alex R >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "lojban" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> mu'o mi'e .aionys. >> >> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o >> (Come to the Dot Side! 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To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. --e89a8fb1eff27fe08c04d229860c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Meh. I don't have any truck with philosophers in general.

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
Seems like this would = interact nicely with the setting of American Gods, where {lo cevni b= e noda} are literally dying mostly because {noda ra cevni}.

I think some theist philosophers would disagree with your definit= ion, though; it's, in a sense, very anthropocentric; {pu ji'a sai l= o nu zasti lo remna ku la .jegvon. ze'e ca cevni fi ro da}

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Jonathan = Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Dec = 30, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
So it seems like your notion of {cevni} focuses more centr= ally on worship and dominion than on divinity.
=

No, it focus entirely on status. Their servants thought they were = gods, we know they aren't. If someone think that X is god, then to that= person, {da cevni}. If someone else does not think X is a god, or alternat= ively /knows/ that X isn't, hen to /that/ person, {da na cevni}.
=A0
On Sun, Dec 3= 0, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrot= e:
On Sun, Dec = 30, 2012 at 8:24 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>= ; wrote:
Which is why I say misleading and not incorrect.
<= br>
Also, {la'oi Goa'uld cevni xu} by your definition (ignore = if you haven't seen Stargate SG-1)?

{.i go'i jenai go'i .i na cevni mi to fangypre po'o toi .i = cevni lo gy. remna selfu}
Yes and no. Not gods to me (just aliens), but gods to their human servants.=
=A0
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Jonathan Jones = <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
Then I believe that the jbovlaste definition of {cevni} is= misleading:
  Definition: x1 is a/the god/deity of people(s)/relig=
ion x2 with dominion
       over x3 [sphere]; x1 is divine.
note the secondary definition. = I would consider angels to be divine.

= Well, then you're using a different sense of the word "divine"= ; than jbovlaste is, because the sense of "divine" in the English= definition of {cevni} is "(of or pertaining to a god): deific, godlik= e, godly", whereas you seem to be meaning "(eternal, holy): hallo= wed, holy, sacred".

<= div class=3D"gmail_extra">
On Sun, Dec = 30, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrot= e:
Even demons, and if yo= u stretch the meaning /really/ far, djinn.


On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>= wrote:
On Sun, Dec = 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>= ; wrote:
xu se cumki smuni lo ka ce'u ge angeli gi cevni

<= /div>{cevni} can refer to many different things, but not angels. Gods, godd= esses, demi-god(esse)s, oni, and so on and so forth.

But not angels.= Angels are not gods, they aren't even god-like. Except for maybe the a= rchangels, they're barely above humans, and in many ways are lower on t= he totem pole (like the complete lack of free will, emotion, or creativity,= for example).

--
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo piln= o be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Lu= ke, I am your father. :D )



--
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