materialism

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    Why are we here?

    If God willed us into existence then our existence is contingent upon God and if God is beyond material such that the closest we can come to describing his nature is spirit, then our material existence in and of itself is not the end but a means to an end.
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    • contingent existence god materialism nature purpose reality spiritualism
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    Is man a spiritual being?

    The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality. Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence. Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping...
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    There is no logical argument for the middle ground.

    There are only two options which exist. Either the material world was created by the incorporeal or the incorporeal was created by the material world. There is no logical case for a middle ground. Why? Because there is no logical argument that can explain where spirituality originated from...
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    Are atheists materialists?

    Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental aspects and consciousness, are results of material interactions. In Idealism, mind and consciousness are first-order realities to which matter is...

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