the word God cannot be defined in words but many are opposed to the word God usually because people know that the common definition is incomplete and does not do justice to what it stands for. I quess it is for the same reason that the israelites were forbidden from making an image of God because when an image is made of God the infinite God is limited in the minds of people. Words are images, there are whole traditions and holy books that specificly do not use words because they are inadequate to explain the ineffable. An infinite reality/god/ism can not be described in words. Words are the basis of knowledge but real wisdom comes from realization into your being, which are not worded but can be expressed by words. You can have a lot of knowledge in your mind but it can still be meaningless to your being until you "actually get it".

If your getting worked up about what i say you are probably trying to be semantic about my words. The nature of many spiritual riddles is that you need to go beyond the common definition of words and phrases, and also to go beyond the common way of aproaching challenges in order to grasp the intended meaning of and to learn the riddle its lesson. These Koans are usually impossible excercises for the intellect and if people persevere the intellect will wear out and give space to higher spiritual faculties while the intent of the student is strong.

I am happy