Some interesting language musings

I’m not sure if this is relevant to your points, but your issues with language seem to apply to the “ontological argument” for God’s existence.

The ontological argument (and I am over-simplifying) seems to be as follows: "We can imagine a perfect being, which we may define as God. Since non-existence would be a flaw in perfection . . . well . . . God must exist.

"Therefore, the phrase ‘God does not exist’ is self-contradictory, or an oxymoron.

“This means that God must exist.”

My own way of contradicting this bit of wordplay is that I can imagine an ideal gas, a perfect mathematical point, a temperature of absolute zero, or a perfect black body . . . and just because I can imagine such things does not imply existence.

So, your points are interesting if we can get in a discussion about how different languages may define the ontological argument . . . and how this exploration may show subtle differences in peoples’ cultural and linguistic influences in religious thought.