(August 25, 2010 at 5:22 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: That's non-physical in the sense of mental. But mental is still physical in the sense that the mind (or consciousness within the brain in other words) is still part of the physical universe. As are concepts therefore as they reside in the brain. God almost certainly doesn't exist but the concept (well, the many concepts) of God still exists and they reside in the brain, which is all part of the physical universe, and in that very real sense, is physical
I think this is right and it gets worse. I would claim the material world is all that there is. The common response to this apart from casuistry is to assert that I cannot disprove a superntural world. The problem with this argument is that those arguing for a supernatural world cannot disprove a super-super natural world which created the supernatural world (and which the superntural world knows nothing of its existence) ... and so on into infinite regress. In addition the supernaturalist cannot disprove that the natural world is necessary and that it didn't create the supernatural world which is contingent upon it. Round and round we go. I think there is a burden of proof for the supernaturalist which is not being picked up in the form of evidence.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.