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29. Within Australian aboriginal culture for example, "song lines" or "dreamtracks" are accepted as real

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 12:54 PM

Feb 2012

But are they real?

Can they be measured by something other than someone who thinks they are real?... directly or indirectly

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Part of Reality Cannot be Perceived [View all] Boojatta Feb 2012 OP

Not clear what this has to do with religion. Deep13 Feb 2012 #1

A certain pattern of reasoning is repeatedly used Boojatta Feb 2012 #2

Glad I mentioned it... Deep13 Feb 2012 #14

A couple of things Boojatta Feb 2012 #20

The sentence following "one recent example." Deep13 Feb 2012 #27

Does this have a link or did you, as OP make this up? There are... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #3

"Ideas can be ..." Boojatta Feb 2012 #4

I am impressed. Boojatta Feb 2012 #22

And tama Feb 2012 #7

I'm not sure what point you are making. Jim__ Feb 2012 #10

Very simple tama Feb 2012 #11

Funda-Mental tama Feb 2012 #17

Mental representation of what? Boojatta Feb 2012 #8

Can you envision a 4 dimensional sphere? Jim__ Feb 2012 #23

3D and anthropic principle tama Feb 2012 #28

The brain doesn't care pscot Feb 2012 #6

been here done this deacon_sephiroth Feb 2012 #13

Did I post in that thread by Rug? Boojatta Feb 2012 #15

Now the world of imagination is boundless..... yes it is. AlbertCat Feb 2012 #30

Throws Kant's "Critique Of Pure Reason" at OP Odin2005 Feb 2012 #16

Cultural agreements about the nature of reality GliderGuider Feb 2012 #19

The following should be taken at face value, not as a veiled insult. Boojatta Feb 2012 #21

"Are they real?" is a culturally determined question. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #31