i was just thinking about this i know it seems stupid but i just don't understand it.....when we don't know what a word means or how to spell it why do people say "go look in the dictionary" and yet when people here things about the bible they say "oh thats just a book" and yet the first websters dictionary 90% of the words definitions came from the bible....does that not make sense or what????!?
2006-07-11 10:17:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Because the dictionary is telling you what the word means. Whether it meant something else in the past and we don't know doesn't matter. What matters is what the word means NOW, and that is what the dictionary tells you.
2006-07-11 10:20:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can you make the claim that "90% of the [dictionary's] words' definitions came from the Bible"?
I don't know that people "believe everything in the dictionary" either. Yet, as you say here, many people seem to have no problem believing everything in the Bible.
And if one more person says that the Bible is Christian!
The NEW TESTAMENT is Christian. Christians took the Jewish scriptures and renamed them the OLD TESTAMENT. This does not mean that these stories are exclusively Christian. If anything, they are Jewish. And the first followers of Jesus were Jewish.
The comedian Lewis Black once joked, in his great ranting way, that if someone wants to understand those books, they should ask a Jew, because they are THEIR books.
Christians have made their own interpretations of them, and even go so far as to claim that these books are theirs. But they weren't written by Christians, were they?
2006-07-11 11:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pose a very interesting dilemma. And what you are saying does make sense. (I also like, when you ask how to SPELL a word, the quick reply is, "Look in the dictionary." Well, if I knew how to spell it, I wouldn't need the dictionary. :)
The dictionary is somewhat like the encyclopedia - you find different items in the 1940s version than in the 2006 version; some things will remain the same, but many will change, or be added or deleted.
I do not want to get in trouble and say, over a much wider span of time, the same has happened with The Bible.
2006-07-11 10:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by Tad Dubious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
90% of the words definitions in the dictionary came from the bible? I thought 90% of the words definitions in the bible came from the dictionary. Dictionary was created not to believe, but to know. Can't you think of any other way to study a language if the people do not believe in the meaning of the language?
2006-07-11 10:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by Mercii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is true, Noah Webster who wrote the original Webster's Dictionary believed in The Bible.
2006-07-11 10:21:35 · answer #5 · answered by MrCool1978 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would the dictionary not be true? It is only a compilation of words with pronounciation keys and definitions!
You might point out to people that scoff at the Bible that it is the ONLY BOOK EVER PUBLISHED that is absolute in it's claims and statements! Nowhere in the bible will you find the word "if", or "but", or "except", or "however"! There are no dual possibilities stated! Only facts! It is straightforward and true to the Word!
I would advise everyone to read Revelation Chapter 22:Verses 18 through 21.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Rev 22:21
2006-07-11 10:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by Jimmy Pete 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't believe in dictionaries -- you only use them for reference. The dictionary just lists the definition of words are used in American society.
The Bible is the Word of God - It is based in Christian faith. Not everyone is going to believe in it or follow it's principals (these people will of course, burn in a lake of fire in Hell - JK). However, since American society is predominantly of Christian faith, the dictionary is going to have alot of words from the Bible.
2006-07-11 11:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tough just deal and 4 ur info the not every believes tha dictionary but i do
2006-07-11 10:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by rollin on dubz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you believe we all believe the dictionary is true? its a beautiful question! but seriously i do and will always question everything
2006-07-11 10:25:08 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Spock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But look it up in the bible instead.
2006-07-11 10:19:47 · answer #10 · answered by Bill F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋