RE: “If ideas exist and are not material than a non-material/spiritual world may also exi
August 9, 2010 at 8:13 am
(August 9, 2010 at 7:08 am)rybak303 Wrote: I have heard that most atheists are materialists in that they believe the universe consists of a material realm only and that therefore there are no realms beyond matter that one could label as potentially supernatural or spiritual. But ideas exist and are beyond the material realm. In fact ideas seem to be more real, or at least more powerful, than the material realm in that they control and manipulate the material realm. Since ideas exist beyond the material realm doesn't that suggest the likelihood of a spiritual/non-material realm of existence and very possibly the existence of an omnipotent Creator who is also beyond the material realm of existence?
Haven't you done this question in a slightly oblique form some where else??
Cut n paste is a bitch eh??
![Tiger Tiger](https://atheistforums.org/images/smilies/tiger.gif)
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5