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Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
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RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
(November 28, 2012 at 6:07 pm)alwayson Wrote:
(November 28, 2012 at 6:02 pm)apophenia Wrote: The only real point of contact between the notions the OP appears to reference and that of classical western realism, is that both are monistic philosophies

Absolutely not. What you are indicating is more like Kashmir Saivism, which is monistic realism.

I disagree with this, but I'm more interested in your implication that your view is not a form of monism. That you postulate that the universe consists of two or more categorically distinct types of substance. Is this what you believe? If so, what are these distinct substances?

(Not that I expect a more sensible response than the non-response given above. You strike me as the type of new age charlatan who "read a book once" or spent too much time sucking down the spiritual jizzum at the foot of a master.)


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RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist. - by Angrboda - November 28, 2012 at 6:34 pm

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