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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (603331)	8/13/2004 9:12:41 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

When people have strong opinions, they ordinarily seem obvious to them. That does not make them so, from a logical perspective. It just means they cannot imagine another point of view.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (603331)	8/13/2004 9:33:19 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

When Samuel Johnson heard of Bishop Berkeley's book questioning the idea of Prime Matter and asserting that objects are really supported in the mind of God, he kicked a stone and declared: "Thus I refute it". The problem is, his gesture was irrelevant to the question. No one denied that we had bodies, and that we had sensory perceptions of objects. What was in question was the underlying support of the visible universe, whether it was a substance independent of God, or constructed of "ideas" through which spiritual beings could interact, but essentially dependent on God's continuous "creation", or direct support. What Johnson thought was obvious and simple was actually subtle and complex.