On the existence of non-material realms

[John Thiel]

If people believe there are realms other than the physical and material, without evidence, then it must be that the material realms are so dislikeable to them that they have invented the thought of there being non-material realms and done so spontaneously until they met others doing the same thing. If there are people who do not like material realms, is there no realm other than themselves in which they might dwell? I think non-material realms are the same thing as material realms, except that they are seen as being other than material. So it might do the materialist to have some heed of the non-materialist's conceptions of being, as we find that materiality alone is not altogether pleasant.

 

[paarsurrey]

If people believe there are realms other than the physical and material, without evidence, then it must be that the material realms are so dislikeable to them that they have invented the thought of there being non-material realms and done so spontaneously until they met others doing the same thing. If there are people who do not like material realms, is there no realm other than themselves in which they might dwell? I think non-material realms are the same thing as material realms, except that they are seen as being other than material. So it might do the materialist to have some heed of the non-materialist's conceptions of being, as we find that materiality alone is not altogether pleasant.

Material realm is not dislikeable; it does not describe the whole human life accurately.

 

[AndromedaRXJ]

There's the abstract realm of mathematics. That's the only non-physical realm I can think of that's worth thinking about.