In Greek nomos means
"law"; what do you call those who believe they are not constrained by the
prevailing moral law?
Etymology, Etymology, and more Etymology
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The critically-acclaimed board game
MooT
consists of tough questions about the nuances of the English language.
Answer:
antinomians
The word antinomian
originally denoted a 16th-century Christian sect that believed that the quality
of your faith, not the prevailing morality, determined whether you went to
heaven.
Since then the word has come to label anyone who
believes that they are outside of normal moral constraints ? e.g.
Abstract-Expressionist painters, totalitarian dictators, and professional
wrestlers.
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Feedback
Seems that
would apply to Hillary and Bill Clinton, and the rest of the narcissistic
Leftists? (Hope you are not one of them, of course.)I'm a Maoist.
My initial,
impulsive reaction was "Outlaw," but I quickly dismissed this as the term
designating them, from the legal authorities reacting to them, after they
commit some atrocious crime. Have always been fascinated by the term, beyond
the use in usual "cowboy movies," since I read that the term in the old West
actually meant "beyond the law," in the sense that since they had no respect
for the law, they would be treated as though actually "outside" the law.
Consequently, as I understand it, anyone would be free
to do anything they wish to them upon capturing them, up to and including
killing them, and then suffer no legal consequences. Can you imagine such a
fate upon being so designated, with the impulses of the crowd loosed upon them;
not much different than a legal lynching.
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