Genesis - Page 11

**Jayhawker Soule** · 06-30-2007, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jaej

Main Entry: pro·pa·gan·da
Pronunciation: "prä-p&-'gan-d&, "prO-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Congregatio de propaganda fide Congregation for propagating the faith, organization established by Pope Gregory XV died 1623
1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions
2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect

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Main Entry: pro·pa·gan·da
Pronunciation: "prä-p&-'gan-d&, "prO-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Congregatio de propaganda fide Congregation for propagating the faith, organization established by Pope Gregory XV died 1623
1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions
2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect

There is nothing inherently insincere about 'deliberately' spreading ideas, facts, information. You see what you want to see.

pseudonous · 06-30-2007, 10:50 AM

A lot of Americans believe that propaganda has negative connotations because the Nazi used it in WWII. It's a perception our politicians started. The word itself doesn't suggest the spreading of lies, just information.

jaej · 06-30-2007, 10:20 PM

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deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause

To further one's own cause or to damage an opposing cause....doesn't sound very sincere to me.

Although when I posted it was rash and incomplete. Insincerity is more the connotation than the denotation of propaganda, so in that I agree jayhawker.

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You see what you want to see.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I couldn't agree more.

lauraclay · 07-02-2007, 01:32 PM

Regardless of whether or not it's sincere, doesn't mean it's fake and made-up.
And I know about early Christianity, I wasn't asking for your bitter explanations. I was merely pointing out that 'beginning' is relative, and I think our argument was pointless because I was referring to a broader span of time.

jaej · 07-02-2007, 06:23 PM

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bitter

??????????
surely you jest

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I think our argument was pointless

clearly