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Did christians, especially evans steal....?

words like , inspirational? to mean religious. Like inspirational music, literature. I want Inspiration, but not religious Inspiration. SO did they steal it?

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Don't Panic

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  • 1 decade ago
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    No more than you stole your name from Mr. Adams.

  • 1 decade ago

    The word is a verb. If you want to use it in another sentence to describe another noun, by all means, do so.

    Main Entry:

    in·spire Listen to the pronunciation of inspire

    Pronunciation:

    \in-ˈspī(-ə)r\

    Function:

    verb

    Inflected Form(s):

    in·spired; in·spir·ing

    Etymology:

    Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inspirer, from Latin inspirare, from in- + spirare to breathe

    Date:

    14th century

    transitive verb1 a: to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration b: to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on <was particularly inspired by the Romanticists> c: to spur on : impel, motivate <threats don't necessarily inspire people to work> d: affect <seeing the old room again inspired him with nostalgia>2 aarchaic : to breathe or blow into or upon barchaic : to infuse (as life) by breathing3 a: to communicate to an agent supernaturally b: to draw forth or bring out <thoughts inspired by a visit to the cathedral>4: inhale 15 a: bring about, occasion <the book was inspired by his travels in the Far East> b: incite6: to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of anotherintransitive verb

  • 1 decade ago

    They dont steal. They just made some things to bring to that category.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, they do co-opt things for their own evil goals.

    Evil?

    Well, "Evangelists" is an anagram of "Evil´s Agents"

    (And "Vile a$$ gent" which is probably a reference to the incomparable Ted Haggard).

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  • 1 decade ago

    I would say highjacked more than stole. but I suppose either could work

  • 1 decade ago

    No.

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