There are a few basic things that Catholic Fundamentalists, and, so far, no one else, understand very well. Words are among those things.
Catholic Fundamentalists realize that words are labels for programs. When God programmed something, or, more likely, had a glowing cloud of angels program it for Him, He gave it a word.
He programmed Adam with the ability to give names to programs. Words, from that day on, have been names for programs. Adam started out by giving names to God’s programs, some of the first human words. He also had the ability to re-program some of those programs to fit his needs.
“Cow” is the name of God’s program for “replicating provider of meat, milk, leather, and glue. “Holstein” is the name of a man-modified program that does some things better. “Milk stool” is the name of a man-made program.
The fullness of all the programs was, and, much to the eternal discomfort of non-believers, is, Jesus Christ. “In the beginning, was The Word. . .” sums up the relationship of you and I, individual human programs, with The Program in perfect, human form, that was there, in the beginning.
It is The Program, Himself, whose very being all who call themselves “Christian” try to not only emulate, but also, to download within our very selves.
Our greatest hope is that He’ll think that we’ve tried hard enough.
