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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 1035 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 347 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 336 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 334 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 876 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 336 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 792 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 778 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 819 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 851 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 325 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 769 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 786 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 360 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 333 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 364 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 337 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 333 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 346 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 335 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 692 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 315 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 331 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 319 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 770 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 756 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 786 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 825 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 741 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 732 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 785 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 350 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 305 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 988 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 702 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 915 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 885 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 728 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 834 Views

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