Sahil Tandon:
> On Dec 29, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Sahil Tandon put forth on 12/29/2009 9:08 AM:
> >
> >> God himself? Is this a joke or are you working on some creepy,
> >> endearing biography?
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy
> >
> > According to Jewish and Christian belief, God is the creator of the
> > universe,
> > and is all knowing of all things in the universe.
> >
> > Wietse created Postfix, and is all knowing of all things within
> > Postfix.
> >
> > Via analogy, Wietse is the God of Postfix. I'm quite surprised this
> > required
> > explanation. Maybe this frequent analogy is exclusively an American
> > cultural
> > thing. Michael Jordan has been called the "God of basketball",
> > Donald Trump the
> > "God of New York real estate" (in the 80s anyway). It's frequently
> > used to
> > describe someone who is the top master of a craft, subject, sporting
> > or business
> > endeavor, etc. I believe Genghis Khan has been called the "God of
> > war", though
> > I don't know if that was coined by an American or not.
>
> My goodness. Your idolatry (by way of analogy or otherwise) is off
> topic here, please stop it. And your assumptions about posters'
> natonality and culture also an epic fail. Finally, please leave the
> pedantry to the experts! Last post on this thread.
We have a cultural confusion.
I think Stan's use of "God" does not imply adolation but rather
indicates a special role (in this case with respect to Postfix).
In other contexts, "God" implies super-human properties. Not here.
Wietse
