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Anyway, today’s word got my attention:
acedia \uh-SEE-dee-uh\, noun:
1. Sloth.
2. Laziness or indifference in religious matters.
It’s meaning #2 that’s the real problem. Although a great many people (especially Americans) are religious fanatics, many others ARE “acediacs”–they lazily and indifferently accept the religion that’s been foisted on them by the random happenstance of birth. Really, it’s the latter that we might have some chance at getting through to.
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If you haven’t already, you should subscribe to Dictionary.com‘s Word of the Day service. Helps build the old vocabulary from the convenience of your email inbox.
Anyway, today’s word got my attention:
acedia \uh-SEE-dee-uh\, noun:
1. Sloth.
2. Laziness or indifference in religious matters.
It’s meaning #2 that’s the real problem. Although a great many people (especially Americans) are religious fanatics, many others ARE “acediacs”–they lazily and indifferently accept the religion that’s been foisted on them by the random happenstance of birth. Really, it’s the latter that we might have some chance at getting through to.