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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 981 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 310 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 296 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 297 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 802 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 294 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 717 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 708 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 749 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 765 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 287 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 680 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 718 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 317 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 296 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 297 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 302 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 298 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 309 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 300 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 623 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 275 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 295 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 283 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 692 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 679 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 707 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 753 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 670 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 651 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 706 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 276 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 270 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 923 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 627 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 830 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 806 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 653 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 765 Views

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