Dualism

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Definition:1) Predicate dualism (I think true) - the mind is complex enough it is useful to create words for mental states. The metal states can be grouped but not precisely physically defined. (Predicate means "property of object")

2) Property dualism (true, I guess b/c spirit and God) - the mind cannot be described with pure physics

3) Substance dualism - the mind is, or is made out of things, that are not naturalistic

Against dualism. (the alternative is Monism)
 * "Everything is Spiritual" video by Rob Bell (heretic)
 * Common heresies such as the gnostics

Passages of flesh vs. spirit
 * Isaiah 31:3 the Egyptians are mortals, their horses are flesh and not spirit
 * Matthew 26:41 gethsename, the spirit is willing but the body is weak; cf Mark 14:38
 * Romans 5 what I do I do not want to do
 * Romans 8 live by the spirit and not the flesh
 * John 6 Nicodemus, born of spirit not flesh
 * 1 Corinthians 5:5 cast out man from church so that by destroying flesh his spirit may be saved
 * Galatians 5 do not gratify flesh
 * Ephesians 6:12 struggle against flesh and blood but vs. spirit

References:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/#VarDuaOnt