From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-07-19T11:41:13+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Religion (was: god 0.1.0 released)

Hal Fulton wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 05:55:51AM +0900, Hal Fulton wrote:
>>> Marc Heiler wrote:
>>>> SPS: btw "daemons" is not the same as "demons" 
>>> What do you mean? How is the spelling significant?
>> The term "daemon" is primarily a variant of "daimon", which is (in the
>> words of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language) an
>> "inferior deity", or an "attendant spirit; a genius".

Well ... since you brought it up ... 'genius' comes from 'djinn', an
Arabic word quite often corrupted in English into 'genie' -- yep, the
guy that comes of out oil lamps and grants wishes, sometimes in
off-color jokes. :)

A djinn is a spirit, often sealed into a container by some magical
force, as was the case in Aladdin. And it isn't necessarily a good idea
to release one, nor does the story usually have a happy ending when one
does so.