Comments on: Words to Describe Degrees of Religiosity http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-degrees-of-religiosity/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Joshua http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-degrees-of-religiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-54851 Joshua Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:07:08 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1150#comment-54851 @ Teddy-the-Bear: I see the point you are trying to make. However, having to wash a shirt does not make it inferior for the rest of it's existence. A person or thing or action can be ungodly in someone's eyes, right? But, that does not make them inferior because they or it can change. The shirt is the same way. Had I said, one shirt is IZOD brand (or the high quality brand of your preference) and the other is Cheapo Generic, Ltd. brand, obviously one is inferior. However, if both are IZOD and one is dirty, it is not inferior. As far as wearing a dirty shirt to a special occasion... depends on how dirty and how special, I guess... :) @ Teddy-the-Bear: I see the point you are trying to make. However, having to wash a shirt does not make it inferior for the rest of it’s existence. A person or thing or action can be ungodly in someone’s eyes, right? But, that does not make them inferior because they or it can change.

The shirt is the same way. Had I said, one shirt is IZOD brand (or the high quality brand of your preference) and the other is Cheapo Generic, Ltd. brand, obviously one is inferior. However, if both are IZOD and one is dirty, it is not inferior.

As far as wearing a dirty shirt to a special occasion… depends on how dirty and how special, I guess… :)

]]> By: Teddy-the-Bear http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-degrees-of-religiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-54102 Teddy-the-Bear Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:51:53 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1150#comment-54102 @ Joshua: That's exactly right, except for the fact that the two shirts will only be the same AFTER you wash the dirty one. Therefore, the unclean shirt really is inferior when you put it that way. Would you choose to wear the dirty shirt to a special occasion over the clean? No. @ Joshua: That’s exactly right, except for the fact that the two shirts will only be the same AFTER you wash the dirty one. Therefore, the unclean shirt really is inferior when you put it that way. Would you choose to wear the dirty shirt to a special occasion over the clean? No.

]]> By: Joshua Anderson http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-degrees-of-religiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-54018 Joshua Anderson Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:39:13 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1150#comment-54018 I concur. The coverage of "ungodly" was a little stilted. Perhaps a freudian slip of the author's irreligious sentiments? Also, "Zealous, therefore, can carry the sense of intense fanaticism that will stop at nothing to promote its cause." Surely this is going a little far. Who uses zealous in that sense? I concur. The coverage of “ungodly” was a little stilted. Perhaps a freudian slip of the author’s irreligious sentiments?

Also,

“Zealous, therefore, can carry the sense of intense fanaticism that will stop at nothing to promote its cause.”

Surely this is going a little far. Who uses zealous in that sense?

]]> By: Joshua http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-degrees-of-religiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-54017 Joshua Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:34:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1150#comment-54017 "The negative, ungodly, is often used as a term of contempt by religious people to describe anything contrary to their beliefs." Comtempt - an intense feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior or worthless Isn't this something of a stereotype? I use the word ungodly, never in contempt. I never use it to denote something as inferior or worthless. If I say one shirt is clean and one shirt is unclean, it does not denote the inferiority of the dirty shirt, does it? Of course not! The dirty shirt can simply be washed and you'll never know the difference. “The negative, ungodly, is often used as a term of contempt by religious people to describe anything contrary to their beliefs.”

Comtempt – an intense feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior or worthless

Isn’t this something of a stereotype? I use the word ungodly, never in contempt. I never use it to denote something as inferior or worthless.

If I say one shirt is clean and one shirt is unclean, it does not denote the inferiority of the dirty shirt, does it? Of course not! The dirty shirt can simply be washed and you’ll never know the difference.

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