Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Wonder of Words

German philosopher Gottlob Frege wrote in 1923:

"It is astonishing what language can do. With a few syllables it can express an incalculable number of thoughts, so that even a thought grasped by a terrestrial being for the very first time can be put into a form of words which will be understood by someone to whom the thought is entirely new."

Indeed, language is simply amazing!  What a gift from the Lord to be able to communicate understandably! But what a tragedy when language is not used for its intended purpose, to the glory of God.

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