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- Newsgroups: alt.test
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!anon
- From: an7374@anon.penet.fi (Amanda)
- Subject: An open book test
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.070639.22057@fuug.fi>
- Sender: anon@fuug.fi (The Anon Administrator)
- Organization: Anonymous contact service
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:57:22 GMT
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- After all, what is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell
- as sweet.
-
- Of course, that's only one perspective on the significance of names.
- Some say that to know something's name is to have power over that
- something. Power to change, power to destroy. When Jesus of
- Nazareth cast a demon out of a man, it said to him, "I know who
- you are! You are the Son of God." Jesus then ordered the demon
- to be silent.
-
- Names are not significant to religion, mythology, and the occult
- alone. Scientists recognize some kind of significance in names.
- The question of who gets credit for a discovery has sent
- scientific communities into tumult. Which astronomer gets a
- newly discovered comet named after her? Which country chooses
- the name of a newly discovered element?
-
- When all is said and done, I think I will keep my name to myself,
- if possible. Better safe than sorry.
-
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