Re: non-atheism

--- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote:

> I also noted that I don't seem to know any word
> for somebody who disbelieve in supernatural
> creatures of any kind or power,
> but yet believe in the existence of something more
> than the material
Now we're moving away from where words like "atheist"
and "religionist" are at home. The one has to do with
religions and the trappings thereof (Gods, Powers, The
Force, etc.); the latter is mundane and nonreligious.

> (they
> may f'rinstance believe there are objective ethical
> rules with an
> accompanying duty of material creatures to follow
> them,
This doesn't fit in the atheist to theist spectrum.
Any of _them_ can believe in objective ethical rules,
etc. Generally, such ethical systems are either
implied or explied (hm) in a religion (7 of 10
commandments are totally objective ethical rules,
e.g., put in the mouth of a god).

This is like not believing in gods, but believing in
goldfish. The two aren't of the same realm.

> or in a
> mind-and-matter dichotomy that's non-supernatural
> since the mental part of
> the universe follows laws of nature just like the
> material).
Wow. Does it?

> Andreas
Padraic.


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     pe' ne m' molestyont
     que faciont
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