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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 999 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 318 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 309 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 305 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 827 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 308 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 746 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 734 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 769 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 804 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 297 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 720 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 744 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 329 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 307 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 308 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 312 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 309 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 318 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 310 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 649 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 287 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 307 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 292 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 719 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 705 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 739 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 777 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 696 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 680 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 737 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 300 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 278 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 948 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 652 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 860 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 840 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 682 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 791 Views

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