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Thread #139650   Message #3224453
Posted By: Mrrzy
16-Sep-11 - 07:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Your Brain, Your Brain on God
Subject: RE: BS: Your Brain, Your Brain on God
Posited: that for one human to ascribe unreality to the thoughts of another arrogates the individual right to define his own mind. True or False? Discuss.

Nonsense. If you believe unicorns are real and not mythological or imaginary,. and you're not thinking of rhinos or dinos or anything but the mythical unicorn we all agree upon, my knowing that you're wrong (in believing unicorns exist) doesn't mean your thoughts are unreal, just that I know that what you think is real, isn't. And yes, I *can* know stuff like that. And I can know that I know it. And that you're wrong. So what?

Posited: that mental images and constructs are real, but are not physical. True or false? Discuss.

Oh, I don't know. If I think about dogs, dogs are real but my thought is imaginary, isn't it? And I can think about unicorns, which aren't real but my thought is, no? And how does this relate to the actual thread, which was about the neurology of faith, since you seem to be rebuking us for thread creep?