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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
In philosophy, "OOO" is how we describe God: omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. (We throw in "wholly good" to round out the definition.)
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Do you mean THE God, with a cap G or the notion of god, with a lower case g...or are they the same?
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Dan, that's mighty thin ice you're skating on there.
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How do you figure? It's an honest question [/B]
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Okay, sorry, I mis-interpreted. I'm suspecting that Chuck means THE God, rather than the notion of god, and that they're not the same. At least, in my religious training the Omni's and "wholly good" are used only in reference to "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob", who you are calling God with a capital G (which is a perfectly reasonable reference -- I'm not denigrating it). I know a little about Chuck's background, and I'm guessing he means that as well.
I like using OOO. It has connotations that are quite useful in both your usage and Chuck's. You can say it, "Oh, Oh, Oh." and it sounds very impressive, or you can say, "ooooo" to rhyme with Moooo. This has an awed overtone which denotes the elevation of the referent -- in the case of a referee who is OOO, it is spoken with sarcasm. Good call!