Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sOp4e-0000YjC; Thu, 22 Jun 95 19:25 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 0273F049 ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 18:25:26 +0200 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 12:23:51 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Theology (was Re: Trobriand Island masses) X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199506220746.DAA16669@locke.ccil.org> from "jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU" at Jun 21, 95 06:21:51 pm Content-Length: 1424 Lines: 37 la lojbab. cusku di'e > > Hmmm. Except for the Lord's Prayer and a chunk of > > Genesis, we don't have much theological text in Lojban. It would be a > > worthy addition to the corpus, and then someone can tackle Aquinas (xo > > {angels} ka'e dansu cpana lo pijne jipno). la xorxes. cusku di'e > The angels are another good example. The lujvo list gives {notcrida} for > angel, then: > > lei xo notcrida ka'e dansu cpana lo pijne jipno > The mass of how many angels can dance on a pin's head? > > It wouldn't be of interest to ask {xo le notcrida}, (how many of the > angels) can each dance there, probably all of them can. The question > of theological interest is how many can do it together, so we have > to use masses. Another way of putting the question might be > {le notcrida xomei}, which is also a mass of angels. The real theological question, though, is: lu'i ro lo notcrida poi cabna dansu cpana lo pijne jipno cu cimni ?gi'i nalcimni The-set-of all angels which simultaneously dance upon a pin head is infinite or finite? In other words: xu lo notcrida fasnu Is it true that an angel is an event in space-time? (modern version) Is it true that angels are substances? (Scholastic version) -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.