--- "Fr. Ivo C da Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > **I suppose that Dr.Santosh can see the difference > when he changes of being sure that "the Cardinal > said" to saying that "the Cardinal might say"... > It is quite clear, everyone should understand it. > From certainty you pass to doubt. >
It is unlikely that Fr. Ivo's misinterpretation of what I said is more accurate than what I actually said. I ask therefore that you not be misled by him. Here is what I said when I used the phrase "as Cardinal Murphy O'Connor might say": "What is true, however, is that some mental representations, such as those of the teapot and other supernatural entities, do not have an observable existence outside of the brain. They do not exist as independent "facts in the world", as Cardinal Murphy O'Connor might say." ......Santosh Helekar Here is what I quoted the Cardinal himself as saying: "God is not a fact in the world, as though God could be treated as one thing among other things to be empirically investigated, affirmed or denied on the basis of observation." .......Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor Any objective person reading the above would recognize that I used the phrase "as Cardinal Murphy O'Connor might say" in relation to the tea pot and other supernatural entities because the Cardinal had not actually referred to the orbiting tea pot in his speech. He had only referred to God in the speech. The certainty of his reference to God as not being "a fact in the world" is clearly evident from his own words quoted above. Cheers, Santosh
