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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 820 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 246 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 224 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 233 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 614 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 226 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 551 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 528 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 564 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 572 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 222 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 498 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 555 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 254 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 229 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 211 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 233 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 224 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 240 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 222 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 451 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 213 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 228 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 212 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 515 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 500 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 542 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 571 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 500 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 473 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 530 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 206 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 210 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 750 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 487 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 621 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 629 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 487 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 543 Views

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