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Comment by doone on March 4, 2013 at 7:50am

God's Word: You Can't Live Without It by Rick Warren

“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17 NIV) The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make us like the Son of God. To become like Jesus, we must fill our lives with his Word. The Bible says, “Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us” (2 Timothy 3:17 MSG). God’s Word is unlike any other word. It is alive. Jesus said, “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life” (John 6:63 NASB). When God speaks, things change. Everything around you — all of creation — exists because “God said it.” He spoke it all into existence. God’s Word generates life, creates faith, produces change, frightens the Devil, causes miracles, heals hurts, builds character, transforms circumstances, imparts joy, overcomes adversity, defeats temptation, infuses hope, releases power, cleanses our minds, brings things into being, and guarantees our future forever! We cannot live without the Word of God! Never take it for granted. You should consider it as essential to your life as food. Job said, “I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread” (Job 23:12 NIV). God’s Word is the spiritual nourishment you must have to fulfill your purpose. Talk About It - How has knowing God’s Word transformed your life? - Ask people what they do to stay in God’s Word. But also share with others what you do to stay in God’s Word. Learn from each other!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on February 23, 2013 at 10:11am

That was great. Very clever and funny. He executes the humor very well. I'll have to find more of his videos. 

Comment by Michel on February 23, 2013 at 9:15am

Phonetic punctuation:

Comment by Adriana on February 17, 2013 at 9:46am

Chomsky is very hard to follow. I mostly read about universal grammar through Pinker, who is easier to follow but can be pretty heavy too

Comment by Neal on February 17, 2013 at 8:47am

Dallas - Lolz!

Universal grammar, that's the ticket. I need to read more, but Chomsky isn't the easiest guy to follow.

Comment by Adriana on February 16, 2013 at 9:54pm

I agree, Neal. Except if I you put the child in my home, he will learn English, Spanish, and Italian :-)

Yes, all humans come equipped with a language module. Chomsky's theory is called universal grammar, and I find it absolutely fascinating

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on February 16, 2013 at 8:27pm

That does kind of nullify any thought that one variety of human is different, or even superior, than another; right?

Speak for yourself, Neal. I cherish my superiority complex. 

Comment by Neal on February 16, 2013 at 6:12pm

I glimpsed a thought about Chomsky's theory that language is in our DNA, or something like that. If you take a child out of a community that hasn't had contact with the rest of humanity for centuries and put that child in your home, he will learn to speak english. That does kind of nullify any thought that one variety of human is different, or even superior, than another; right?

Comment by doone on February 16, 2013 at 2:41pm

Comprising four major writing systems, Earth’s denizens have formulated incredibly complex, unique and efficient means of communicating with one another.

Via All That Is Interesting: The World’s Diverse Writing Methods

Comment by doone on February 13, 2013 at 10:40am

Mother Tongues

FEB 13 2013 @ 10:14AM

Scientists in Vancouver have engineered a computer that can “reconstruct lost languages using the sounds uttered by those who speak their modern successors”:

Reconstructing ancient languages can reveal details of our ancient history. Looking at when the word for “wheel” diverges in the family tree of European languages helps us date the human settlement of different parts of the continent, for instance.

Evan Fleischer considers the porous lines of the world’s languages. From his extensive list of words:

[I]f we want to … use a word that means the same in both Polish and Czech, we get “Wyrok,” as in, “sentence, verdict”; and if we’re looking for a word that exists simultaneously in Czech and Hawaiian—Czech being the mother tongue of Kundera and the stunning Josef Koudelka—we get “pukowi,” as in, “birch tree”; and if we want a word that simultaneously exists in Hawaiian and Spanish, we use “paniolo,” as in, “cowboy.”

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