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Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. Joel Send a noteboard - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM
Unfortunately it's not the kind of question I can answer while racing to bed, other than to say, "substance" isn't the word I'd use, since it has material connotations "spiritual" precludes. Hence your philosophy books referencing "matter" the spiritual is not material, which is why the serious answers you're getting from materialists basically boil down to "no. " There's a conceit that says anything that exists is material, but that's far from given, and there's a great deal of evidence (such as this discussion) to the contrary. But any more will have to wait until at least tomorrow or the next day; I have to leave for work again in 7.5 hours.
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Do you think there's some kind of spiritual substance in the universe? - 14/09/2009 02:42:22 PM 903 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 278 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 257 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 263 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 699 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 262 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 634 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 620 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 661 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 669 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 252 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 590 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 648 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 284 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 261 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 245 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 266 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 263 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 273 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 263 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 544 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 245 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 261 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 247 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 606 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 596 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 630 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 652 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 582 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 566 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 618 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 241 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 236 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 843 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 546 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 730 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 720 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 549 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 661 Views

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