Members 1Timothy115 Posted April 8, 2015 Members Share Posted April 8, 2015 I can't remember why I looked up 'real' but I didn't like it when I saw the antonym. Faith is a different story, antonym...unsteadiness.The following will be my definition of real and faith. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThePilgrim Posted April 8, 2015 Members Share Posted April 8, 2015 Interesting. To my mind, (which is probably influenced by my aberrant thought processes, being a Christian) it seems to me some of the antonyms do not follow from the description of antonyms in the table. Spiritual is indeed real so it cannot possibly be an antonym for real. Therefor for Spiritual to be a correct entry in the table it should be in the list of synonyms for real (the top part of the table). So the table was obviously constructed by spiritually illiterate persons who cannot be trusted with constructing Real tables.Therefor I would not let the table worry me too much. wretched and 1Timothy115 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted April 8, 2015 Members Share Posted April 8, 2015 To the wise of this world things spiritual are not real. That which is spiritual is relegated to superstition, ignorance, even stupidity by so many intellectuals.Obviously whoever put the list together is biased in favor of humanism. 1Timothy115 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators OLD fashioned preacher Posted April 8, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Considering they have "solid" as one of the synonyms, they may have been using "spiritual" in the sense of intangible as an antonym of "real" in the sense of tangible -- though I doubt it. Edited April 8, 2015 by OLD fashioned preacher 1Timothy115 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Covenanter Posted April 9, 2015 Members Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thesaurus is to help crossword solving, and creative writing. Words should always be used according to their meaning. It's NOT a religious statement. Many people claim spiritual experiences we would dismiss as unreal or spurious. Note spurious is not in the list, but incarnation and bona fides are. Hobby-horse time .....I am often accused of spiritualizing OT Scripture when I look for the real meaning as taught in the NT, rather than the literal reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThePilgrim Posted April 9, 2015 Members Share Posted April 9, 2015 Probably a stupid question on my part, but, why are uncertain and unclear antonyms for real? Don't uncertain whether something is real or whether something is unclear mean that you are not sure if something is real or unreal? Evidently the party making the list was uncertain and unclear about the meanings of real and unreal. Therefor the list cannot be trusted as a help in knowing the meaning of words. My original post was written tongue in cheek. So is this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Covenanter Posted April 9, 2015 Members Share Posted April 9, 2015 Probably a stupid question on my part, but, why are uncertain and unclear antonyms for real? Don't uncertain whether something is real or whether something is unclear mean that you are not sure if something is real or unreal? Evidently the party making the list was uncertain and unclear about the meanings of real and unreal. Therefor the list cannot be trusted as a help in knowing the meaning of words. My original post was written tongue in cheek. So is this one. Do you do crossword puzzles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThePilgrim Posted April 9, 2015 Members Share Posted April 9, 2015 I have, but I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1Timothy115 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2015 It was just something I ran across and wanted to share how casually the word throws the world of the unseen aside. Maybe, after all this, they were Christians and didn't want anyone to think human spirits were walking around among us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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