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Originally Posted by David Bailey  Oh heck I just used "Transubstantiation" as an example. The Catholic church has a doctrine that the communion wafer actually becomes a piece of Christ's flesh. To make the idea seem less silly, they give it a fancy name! I would argue that some words in the philosophy of consciousness - such as epiphenomenalism serve a similar role! |
Why wouldn't bread and flesh have an immaterial component?
You dismiss this out of hand by calling it silly. How is what you do here any different to the close-mindedness you accuse skeptics of?
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Originally Posted by David Bailey Miguel - tell me you are not a Catholic! |
Knowing something does not equal believing it.
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Originally Posted by David Bailey Let's not sidetrack this thread on the very first page - because I think the question of how science could explore the non-physical is important! |
The catholic church has spent over 1500 years developing a detailed picture of the immaterial. How do you know that they are wrong?
When you can answer that question you will have your science of the immaterial.