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   Sir Frederick to Joseph H   
   Re: TRUTH: A fig-leaf of the imagination   
   15 Mar 06 10:09:52   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism, talk.atheism   
   From: mmcneill@fuzzysys.com   
      
   On 15 Mar 2006 08:20:49 -0800, "Joseph H"  wrote:   
      
   >   
      
   >Nobody is talking about nothingness here - certainly not me anyway. I   
   >am simply discussing the importance, or the unimportance, of truth in   
   >our outlook.   
      
   There is a "quality" of truth in the assertion that there is something,   
   rather than nothing.   
   That "quality" may be used to measure other assertions as to   
   truthfulness.   
   The importance, or unimportance, of truth in the primate folk outlook,   
   is no longer important :   
   First off, deceit is in our inherited informational handling structures.   
   Second off, we are temporary and tertiary anyway.   
      
   But then, with our hubris needs we will practice any story (including deceit)   
   that pleases us.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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