X-Message-Number: 20130 From: Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:00:19 EDT Subject: Re: CryoNet #20116 - #20124 In a message dated 9/21/02 2:00:42 AM, writes: << >LaTorra<<What this all comes down to, in my opinion, is that mystical experiences can be induced technologically. While this does not disprove the independent existence of a deity (that's a different philosophical problem), it brings into question millennia of reports from "god-experiencers" about what they were "told" to reveal to the rest of us.>> >d: do synthetic rubies bring into question the existence of "natural" >rubies? Mark Plus: Bad analogy. No one disputes the existence of rubies. d: the number of disputants on either side of an argument is irrelevant to the validity of either side of the argument. you misunderstand the nature of analogy. ...... Mark Plus: I happen to find all this talk of "mystical" & "spiritual" experiences baffling. I have no clue what such people are mouthing off about. d: find out. ............ Mark Plus It's not "religious" or "science fictional" if you can do it. d: in the case of religion, you have the situation exactly backwards. with science fiction, you are less exact. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20130