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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 915 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 286 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 265 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 268 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 722 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 268 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 653 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 637 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 678 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 685 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 258 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 611 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 664 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 269 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 280 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 269 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 561 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 250 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 268 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 255 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 627 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 612 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 649 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 674 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 602 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 582 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 638 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 248 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 243 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 859 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 564 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 745 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 736 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 568 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 679 Views

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