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Old 03-11-2007, 09:15 AM   #138
Raynor
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We aren't dealing with two identical things - we were talking about two similar things.
So, the names, figures, places, sounds, and everything one can imagine about that scene are identical, but still, the two imaginary processes are not identical? How do they differ, davem?
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Again, they may not be looking for such elements, they may not even care about such elements.
Does that mean that nothing precludes "naturally identifying moral or religious elements" when a book is read merely as a fantasy novel?
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Elves are not 'living beings'.
But they represent living beings. By your reasoning, no 'perfectly moral' person could hold any truth to be actually true, because all characters in a book are in fact fictional.
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