Posted on 12/17/2003 6:09:59 PM PST by Momaw Nadon
It's a Jewish tradition. And it's not pseudo-respect; it's real.
Got proof?
See? Right there you have an alien "sense" that is strictly based in a human context - - "Smell and imaging."
The point is that everything that we have the capacity to imagine and discuss must, by definition, be based in a human context. Imagining "other possible senses" can surely be done as an intellectual exercise, but that exercise is obviously severely limited.
This is a very difficult topic to discuss (intelligently). Keep in mind that things like, "physical body" and "thought" are human concepts. We cannot separate ourselves from our only point of reference - - our "human-ness". Other "beings" (ha!, another human concept) which "exist" (there we go again....) in separate realities may have no physical attributes nor any ability for thought as parts of their essence.
Sorry if I sound crazy, but I think about this stuff from time to time and it usually makes my head feel like exploding. So, that's it for today.
Regards,
LH
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