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The Inuit who live in the frozen lands of the North have more than one word for snow. There is one word for “snow on the ground” another for “falling snow” and “drifting snow” and also a word for “snow drift”. These people have spent so much time surrounded by snow they can not just describe it simply. They also have more than one word for seal. There is the “seal basking in the sun” and “seal floating on a piece of ice” and there are words describing seals by age and sex. The Inuit depend upon the seal and cannot just use one word to describe them. Does this tell us anything about the people who describe God as Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace? From The Art of Clear Thinking, by Rudolf Flesch
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