(June 14, 2009 at 1:39 pm)dagda Wrote: Me being a dualist, I thought I would give it a spin. As you have so clearly stated, the 'spiritual' world is not material. This makes it almost impossible to prove with material evidence, hence it is almost impossible to say definitely that the 'spiritual' world does not exist because of a lack of material evidence. Let me give you an example; prove to me that apples exist without showing me a picture of an apple. Kind of hard isn't it? Trying to find material evidence for the spiritual world is kind of like trying to show someone an apple by giving them an orange.
OTOH, given that everything we currently understand (by which I mean the explanation is given provisional assent by the vast majority of the scientific and academic community) is supported by some form of demonstrable and verifiable evidence and that nothing (not one shred) of validatable evidence has been demonstrated for anything spiritual in nature, you could also as easily say that the spiritual world is nothing more than mental masturbation.
Kyu
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