XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism   
   From: ralph@eddlewood.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <1144274735.257524.293650@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,   
   Joseph H  writes   
   >   
   >ralph wrote:   
   >> In message <1144244503.623268.72330@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> Joseph H  writes   
   >> >You want a zillion examples? All the holy books of the world which   
   >> >depict in hyper-realistic mode myriads of miracles and hosts of hopes   
   >> >for our future well-being; all the novels and myths and epics and sagas   
   >> >   
   >> Joseph, why don't you just have a nice lie down?   
   >>   
   >> It's not enough for you to correspond with yourself, you have posted   
   >> this three times, and forgotten under which alias you were posting.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> ralph   
   >   
   >As you will observe, ralph, this posting is about the creations of the   
   >mind - so there is an aptness there. And, really, ralph, your posting   
   >is hardly an outstanding contribution to any debate, is it? A little   
   >bit prissy, perhaps?   
      
   My contribution, for what it's worth, was an attempt to save bandwidth   
   and time which could be devoted to something more useful - almost   
   anything, in fact.   
      
   > For example, would you agree with my contention   
   >that the creations of the human mind are innately more attractive to   
   >the human mind than any matter-of-fact depiction of reality?   
   >   
   That, I fear, Joseph, depends on which human mind we are talking about.   
   And remember that any "depiction of reality", matter-of-fact or not, is   
   a creation of a human mind.   
      
   --   
   ralph   
      
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