If 'God' is just a
word, do I mean by that it is only poetic? Well not quite. What I mean is that
it can't be thought in terms of denotation (or even its supposed opposite
connotation). An idea means something, which then has a reference to reality.
Such a reference might be tortuous (which is what connotation is), but in the
end it does refer to something. In Kant, for example, the idea of God has its
ultimate reference in the subject. The word, however, does not denote or connote. It is not a reference, but a practice.
