Re: Can we talk about spirituality in music?

JohnGavin wrote:
On Nov 10, 12:05 pm, Paul Ilechko <pilec...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
JohnGavin wrote:
On Nov 10, 11:01 am, Paul Ilechko <pilec...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
William Sommerwerck wrote:

For myself, I would use the term "transcendent". There are
times when listening to Bach -- and sometimes other composers
-- where I feel I'm experiencing something that profoundly
transcends the mortal.
Except of course that you aren't;

It is statements of absolute certainty, like this one that make
one realize that many atheists have become as rigid and dogmatic
as the worst of the Christian Fundamentalists. They both
carelessly take the liberty to speak for everyone!

I'm just stating a very simple fact, which is that Bach was mortal.
Do you have proof to the contrary ?

Right - there are no physical proofs that the soul exists, precisely
because the soul does not abide in the physical dimension.

OTOH it is very simple to prove that people belief it exists and that their
behaviour is in accordance with this belief.


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