"In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was
God."
Well, that's very fine and dandy for God to be just one
word. He/She's the only one bright enough to understand what that one word
means anyway. We, on the other hand, need lots of words. As many as we can make
up and use on a regular basis… to give us a sense of understanding, a sense of
communication.
So does that mean a culture with lots of words in its
language is smarter or dumber? Depends on who you ask. Take the word love. The
Greeks had different words to describe love: eros, agape… but in English we
only have one love so we tack on a whole bunch of adjectives to explain what
kind: romantic love, brotherly love, unconditional love.
Take infinity for a word. I guess infinity describes God-time,
but can infinity convey the awesome length of forever backwards and forwards?
Does it even describe the linear concept of backwards and forwards, or is it
about some all-in-one-at-a-time concept that only Albert Einstein could
understand?
Can the word orange describe the awesome color of a sunset? I don't
think so. Orange must be experienced with the eyes for it to be comprehended.
So saying the Word was God and God was the Word is just a whole lot of Bible-Babble.
And nobody know what it means, except the Bible-twerps, and even they don't
know for sure. Nobody does. Because it's a secret. It's a code. Part of the
mystery.
If God were easy to understand, it wouldn't be any fun. For
God, or for us. At least that's my story, and I'm sticking with it.
