Today's Question For Atheists
Since you believe there to be no God/gods how would you answer the question of the existence of Lords. Are there any Lords?
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
What is a Lord? And are there any Ladies?
Entwistle · 56-60, M
@ninalanyon A Lady is the female equivalent of a Lord here in England.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Entwistle But a lord is not a lady and neither is a lady a lord. The one does not include the other except in the name of the House of Lords which is an anachronism derived from a time when a lady was quite emphatically not the equivalent of a lord in England.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
@ninalanyon But we aren't talking of times gone by.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Entwistle [quote]But we aren't talking of times gone by.[/quote]
Quite. In the narrow sense of created peers of the realm lords and ladies might well be equivalent in rank but I very much doubt that any of the Ladies would appreciate being addressed as Lord, so the one does not include the other.
But regardless of this rather Anglo-centric mild disagreement of ours, I doubt that @AkioTsukino had anything of the kind in mind.
Quite. In the narrow sense of created peers of the realm lords and ladies might well be equivalent in rank but I very much doubt that any of the Ladies would appreciate being addressed as Lord, so the one does not include the other.
But regardless of this rather Anglo-centric mild disagreement of ours, I doubt that @AkioTsukino had anything of the kind in mind.
AkioTsukino · M
@ninalanyon [quote]But regardless of this rather Anglo-centric mild disagreement of ours, I doubt that @SemmelweisReflex had anything of the kind in mind.[/quote]
The question intended to establish whether or not opposition to the practical use of lord was similar to that of the word god.
The question intended to establish whether or not opposition to the practical use of lord was similar to that of the word god.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@AkioTsukino Only in English and only in stock phrases. And it differs from place to place and time to time. The first thing that comes to mind for most people in the UK if someone were to say the word lord would probably be to do with aristocracy, nothing to do with religion.