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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 914 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 285 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 264 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 267 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 721 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 267 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 652 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 636 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 677 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 684 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 258 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 610 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 661 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 293 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 268 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 253 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 274 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 268 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 279 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 269 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 558 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 250 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 267 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 253 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 624 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 611 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 647 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 671 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 599 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 581 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 637 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 247 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 242 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 856 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 562 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 743 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 734 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 566 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 678 Views

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