But now they have more in common. From NZ comes the story that students will be allowed to use "text speak" on national exams from now on. That's right. No longer will they be required to write in full sentences. Gone are demands for adjectives, prepositional phrases, verbs, and had they not already disappeared, adverbs.
Nietzsche, in his book Twilight of the Idols, makes the following statement:
"'Reason' in language - oh, what an old deceptive female she is! I am afraid we are not rid of God because we still have faith in grammar. "
He recognized that our use of order and structure spoke volumes about God. He also noted that the fact that words can call to mind "things" was imitative of what God did in creating the world.
This gives us a real obligation to use words wisely. As Christians, we either promote God or erase (get rid of) him by our writing and conversation. Which are you doing?
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