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1 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 128403 | ||
Hello, New Creature. Like an old hound dog attracted by a scent, I come sniffing around when I get wind of semantics being talked about! So permit me please a thought or two about the little English word "see." As it is used in Scripture and elsewhere, it so frequently has nothing to do with optics at all. For example, Helen Keller, the bright and courageous blind woman who has been such a marvelous inspiration to blind people the world over, was known to use the expression, "Oh, I see." And in our city we have a practicing attorney who is totally blind. In conversations with friends, he frequently says, as did Helen Keller, "I see." Thus it is easy to see that "see" has a number of meanings that do not involve visual perception at all. Do you "see" what I mean, even when you close your eyes? Perhaps you even "hear" me loud and clear. And you may "feel" that it is worthwhile to study semantics, because you obviously have a "taste" for learning. You probably sense what I'm up to, i.e., you "smell" a mouse, since I have used words for the five senses -- of sight, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling -- but in a totally different way that does not involve the five senses at all :-) --Hank | ||||||
2 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 128677 | ||
Hank; Thanks for that insight on the word "see" In my initial thoughts concerning the word "see" I was not so much referring to physical sight, in which we see with our physical eyes, but rather I was thinking about spiritual sight. And I don't think our physical eyes are what we use to see or comprehend spiritual things and truth. When it comes to the realm of spirit, we often associate the heart as the organ of sight. For instance we often sing; "Open the Eyes of my Heart Lord, I want to see You." In that song there is no mention of our physical eyes. The heart is the organ of sight. The unbelieving world says; "First show me, then I will believe. But the spiritual man says; when I believe then I will see. In the relam of the Spirit belief even precedes sight. I hope that helps you understand my thinking about this somewhat. God Bless New Creature |
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