Upon hearing an Eric Clapton guitar solo

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At times like this, I really do feel sorry for atheists. One has to be grateful for artistry so miraculous, but they have nobody to be grateful to. (And don't give me any crap about "the human spirit" - that is what we owe the Murdoch press and robotic dance noise to.)

Comments

[cosmolinguist]

But when I, or presumably you, listen to Eric Clapton's guitar solos, you are not grateful for the abstract quality you call "genius" but instead the pleasure of the emotional reactions elicited in us by his playing. Music, like genius, is not about morals. It appeals to us in a way that can cross boundaries of class, age, upbringing, language, religion, or pretty much anything we are clever enough to split ourselves into groups for. All what you say here is very interesting but like a politician you address the points you want to talk about rather than the ones you were asked about.

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That is the second insult thrown at me in your last two comments, let alone that you are the one who consistently refuses to answer the points raised. You are dancing in the last chance saloon.