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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 821 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 247 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 225 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 234 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 615 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 227 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 552 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 529 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 565 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 573 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 222 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 499 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 556 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 255 Views
How are we not married? *NM* - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 230 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 212 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 234 Views
Timing *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 225 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 241 Views
Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 223 Views
My Achilles face! - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 452 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 214 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 229 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 213 Views
Substance? - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 516 Views
Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 501 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 544 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 572 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 501 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 474 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 531 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 207 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 211 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 751 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 488 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 622 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 630 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 488 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 544 Views

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