"This thread follows on from a discussion elsewhere , in which I said I would consolidate the issues I have with EAM as it has been described to me . I 'd like to preface my comments with a bit of personal context . I 'm often accused of being a 'darwinist ' , the implication being that I am emotionally shackled to a particular philosophical perspective . This is not the case . Accusations of being a 'materialist ' similarly have no teeth in this discussion , for the very simple reason that if a Vital force exists and can influence the physical world then it too belongs to the natural and material , rather than the supernatural . Materialism would simply expand to accommodate it , as it has with other forces ."
"* * A couple of quick poiints . First , you are very emotionally involved in the materialist/mechanist metaphysic , whether you grasp the full implications of that metaphysic , [ beyond its denial of certain religious mythologies ] , or not . Otherwise you would not so vehemently and tenaciously defend that metaphysic against any suggerstionthatits take on reality , its ontology/cosmoly , is incorrect -- even when , as in the case of EAM , that suggestion comes from a metaphysical quarter that has no ideological connection to any religious mythology , and in fact is also antithetical to those myths ."
"I 'm often accused of being a 'darwinist ' , the implication being that I am emotionally shackled to a particular philosophical perspective . This is not the case . Accusations of being a 'materialist ' similarly have no teeth in this discussion"
"First , you are very emotionally involved in the materialist/mechanist metaphysic , whether you grasp the full implications of that metaphysic , [ beyond its denial of certain religious mythologies ] , or not"