It is an interesting question whether things imaginated are real. That is an ontological one.
Imaginations appear in our brains and are made by electrical signals trough chemicals, which are real, thus is the thing imaginated also real? (in our brains that is, but nonetheless real) Outside is an entire other question I admit.
We could even assume this: as we cannot prove/know this isn't all a dream, is the thing you see in your imagination less real than these letters on this screen? In that case, is my imaginated God less real than the crisps in my mouth?
To be clear, I do not take any stand asking these questions.
Imaginations appear in our brains and are made by electrical signals trough chemicals, which are real, thus is the thing imaginated also real? (in our brains that is, but nonetheless real) Outside is an entire other question I admit.
We could even assume this: as we cannot prove/know this isn't all a dream, is the thing you see in your imagination less real than these letters on this screen? In that case, is my imaginated God less real than the crisps in my mouth?
To be clear, I do not take any stand asking these questions.
whatever floats your goat