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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 1036 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 337 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 877 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 337 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 793 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 779 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 820 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 853 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 325 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 770 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 787 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 365 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 338 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 336 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 693 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 320 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 771 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 757 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 787 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 827 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 742 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 733 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 786 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 351 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 306 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 990 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 704 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 917 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 887 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 729 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 835 Views

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