> But the rules - and the consequent declaration of
> winner/loser is just a matter of conventional belief.  Just like Heaven and
> Hell)
>

Do you suspend your believe in Mathematics, then, Mr Miller?  Or grammar?
Or the software that enables you and I to communicate?

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Chris Miller <[email protected]>wrote:

> Kate's point is quite similar to those made by the various anthropologists
> whom Dutton will quote in Chapter 4.
>
> And as we'll see, Dutton will attempt to  rebut them.
>
> But I tend to believe that Hell is just as real -- or unreal -- as the
> Yankee
> victory in the World Series.
>
> (i.e. -- I recognize the reality of people hitting and catching balls on a
> big, grassy field.  But the rules - and the consequent declaration of
> winner/loser is just a matter of conventional belief.  Just like Heaven and
> Hell)
>
>
>
> >what about all those religious pictures which were intended to help with
> the
> meditation on the Sacred ? Not make believe,not separate from normal human
> consciouness,not decoupled from practical concern.   Or not if one
> remembers   that religious awareness was believed to be real,part of one's
> existnce at every turn,and of immense practical moment due to the
> assumption
> that hell was real. (Kate)
>
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