I thought your “impossible” at least implied “improbable” under some sort of model.
edit: and as of having no idea, you just need to know the shared religious-ish context. Which these folks generally keep hidden from a causal observer.
Impossible is being used as a statement of difficulty. Someone who has “done the impossible” has obviously not actually done something impossible, merely done something that I have no idea where to start trying.
Seeing that “it is possible to do” doesn’t seem like it would have much effect on my assessment of how difficult it is, after the first. It certainly doesn’t have match effect on “It is very-very-difficult-impossible for linkhyrule5 to do such a thing.”
and as of having no idea, you just need to know the shared religious-ish context. Which these folks generally keep hidden from a causal observer.
What?
First, I’m pretty sure you mean “casual.” Second, I’m hardly a casual observer, though I haven’t read everything either. Third, most religions don’t let their leading figures (or much of anyone, really) change their minds on important things...
I thought your “impossible” at least implied “improbable” under some sort of model.
edit: and as of having no idea, you just need to know the shared religious-ish context. Which these folks generally keep hidden from a causal observer.
Impossible is being used as a statement of difficulty. Someone who has “done the impossible” has obviously not actually done something impossible, merely done something that I have no idea where to start trying.
Seeing that “it is possible to do” doesn’t seem like it would have much effect on my assessment of how difficult it is, after the first. It certainly doesn’t have match effect on “It is very-very-difficult-impossible for linkhyrule5 to do such a thing.”
What?
First, I’m pretty sure you mean “casual.” Second, I’m hardly a casual observer, though I haven’t read everything either. Third, most religions don’t let their leading figures (or much of anyone, really) change their minds on important things...