> 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) > > ____________________________________________________________ > Diet Help > Cheap Diet Help Tips. Click here. > > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=XVqvwY0z0eYLWUwiiwhKuQAAJz6c > l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYQAAAAAA=
