tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877475.post8582864392624942764..comments2023-09-10T12:05:10.854+00:00Comments on Deacon Barry: WWS-MT : What would Spider-man think?Deacon Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696080813845107311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877475.post-18676744468767000902007-06-14T13:48:00.000+00:002007-06-14T13:48:00.000+00:00You really should get out more Deacon!You really should get out more Deacon!Marteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983210111465037584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877475.post-19057550527748787092007-06-13T15:01:00.000+00:002007-06-13T15:01:00.000+00:00Santa, AND the Birthday Fairy! No fair! I want two...Santa, AND the Birthday Fairy! No fair! I want two as well!Deacon Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696080813845107311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877475.post-50608174037519998152007-06-12T23:30:00.000+00:002007-06-12T23:30:00.000+00:00Yes, he lives.He lives, as other characters, in th...Yes, he lives.<BR/><BR/>He lives, as other characters, in the minds of the people who think about him. Like Santa Clause and (in my family's case) The Birthday Fairy.<BR/><BR/>(I'm not kidding about this.)<BR/><BR/>As for the philosophical explanation, I choose to relate it to the old "if a tree falls in the forest but nobody heard it, did it make a sound?" or something like that. Technically, it did NOT make a sound because nobody human heard it. (Let's not count the birds and animals because that complicates things.)<BR/><BR/>But if someone human were there and heard it---then it DID make a sound.<BR/><BR/>That's my philosophy, anyway.<BR/><BR/>(If you believe, clap your hands.....) <BR/><BR/>(Was that Peter Pan?...)Bo...https://www.blogger.com/profile/02136803397641401011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28877475.post-91943390221100336352007-06-12T23:13:00.000+00:002007-06-12T23:13:00.000+00:00There's some philosopher, whose name escapes me, w...There's some philosopher, whose name escapes me, who thought that we are all a dream in the mind of God, and when He wakes up, we will all disappear! There's a joking reference to this in 'Alice in Wonderland'. Alice and (I think!) the Mad Hatter come across someone sleeping. 'Who's that?' says Alice.<BR/>'Shush!' said the mad Hatter. 'He's dreaming about you..'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com