Dear George,
Spirit is that which is immaterial and a part of man. Man is body, mind and
spirit. An animal is body and mind. Man cannot be explained as a material
being only. The whole realm of the moral is outside the physical, yet it
exists. Man exists in the realm of the physical/spiritual otherwise man
could not make moral decisions. Some of what I say is what I consider
self-evident. Perhaps they are not to you, but that is where we differ.
Take care,
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: George Andrews <gandrews@as.wm.edu>
To: Moorad Alexanian <alexanian@uncwil.edu>
Cc: mrlab@ix.netcom.com <mrlab@ix.netcom.com>; asa@calvin.edu
<asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: ID (fwd)
>Hi Guys;
>
>What is the difference between spiritual and material? It seems to me that
both
>of these notions are fraught with antiquated presumptions and ideals that
need a
>lot of unpacking. Is spirit connected to primitive ideas of ghosts? Is
spirit
>that which is immaterial? If the answer is yes to the last question, then
we are
>simply creating word categories and that doesn't have much apologetic
appeal to
>scientists.
>
>If the answer is yes to the first question, than as a physicist, I don't
>believe in ghosts; so an apologetic based on this which is designed to lead
me
>"to folly" won't get very far; for it appears that the presumption is folly
>enough. :-)
>
>Thanks
>
>George A.
>
>Moorad Alexanian wrote:
>
>> Dear Bert,
>>
>> The best way to bring the spiritual out of the materialist is to have
>> him/her follow the logical conclusion of their ideas and see how it leads
to
>> folly.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Moorad
>>
>>
>> >For me the bigger issue is bringing the materialist into the spiritual
>> >realm and this is the battle to fight.
>> >
>> >
>> >Bert M.
>
>
>
>
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