Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kaz Kylheku <221-501-9011@kylheku.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.programming Subject: Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 22:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 31 Message-ID: <20170107145130.79@kylheku.com> References: <3sbl6ctmsoc5ab9vpkfr9mna7lri6hnipb@4ax.com> <1a1bdc63-1959-520c-01db-ccd6cf3dfe45@verizon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: OGJi3KNpFOhM58UHZwXj0w.user.gioia.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:101263 comp.programming:7284 On 2017-01-07, Caver1 wrote: > On 01/04/2017 04:32 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote: >> On 01/04/2017 11:34 AM, James R. Kuyper wrote: >> >>> As an >>> atheist, I certainly deny that Christ was divine, or even divinely >>> inspired. >> >> I don't deny that Christ was divine. I can't, considering that both >> "Christ" and "divine" are only religious words which have no meaning >> outside that belief system. The words would have to MEAN SOMETHING for >> that to be denied. >> > > Just because you don't believe in the concepts that they > refer to doesn't mean they have no meaning. > You know exactly what they refer to so they even have > meaning to you. "outside that belief system" Just like "nondeterministic finite automaton" has no meaning outside CS. I know what that refers to because I'm able to put myself into that scope. -- TXR Programming Lanuage: http://nongnu.org/txr Music DIY Mailing List: http://www.kylheku.com/diy ADA MP-1 Mailing List: http://www.kylheku.com/mp1