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God is a Spirit (John 4:24) a spirit hath not flesh and bones (Luke 24:39) Thats the traditional Christian take on things.

It hardly transcends nature since it exists within the physical universe which came into existence at the Big Bang. If one had a microscope good enough we could see spirit matter, except its so 'fine' we cant see it right now.

Science is the study of nature and therefore has nothing to say about the supernatural which trancends nature. Science helps us determine things within the material universe we live in. For example, through science we may conclude that the universe (including all time, space & matter) all came into existence about 14billion years ago at the big bang. It is only through philosophy that we may look for a cause for the universe. Since time, space and matter began - whatever caused them must by definition by timeless, spaceless and immaterial - the God I believe in. Again, please don't be offended, dialogue is healthy :)

I take it they have good reason to postulate dark matter & energy apart from evidence as it provides explanitory power? I'm not equally curious about dark matter & energy since they are not at odds with my worldview. They fit quite comfortably. I am however curious about the materiality of the Spirit becouse I feel it at odds with my worldview. Hopefully that explains why I'm interested, please don't take offence.

Nor is believing that we have material Spirits.

If something is material it makes sense to ask "where is it?" I just wonder in LDS belief where the material Spirit body is located and how it relates to our Flesh and Bone body?

We need to be careful how we define things here. LDS belief is that Spirit body and Flesh & Bone body are both material and therefore physical.

Jesus "knew no sin" (2 Corinthians 5:21)

As a Latter-day Saint your best bet at some sort of rational evidence for Gods existence would be the moral argument. Apologetic Expressions: God and Evil: How pain and suffering provide a foundation for faith in a Creator

I was having a conversation with a Latter-day Saint who believes that our Spirits are made up of matter. His justification for this is D&C 131:7-8. I'm curious how this would work? How does a material Spirit body fit with our material Flesh and Bone body in any sense? Do the Spirit particles sit between the flesh and bone particles? If you loose an arm are you loosing part of your Spirit body as well? Just curious, I hold to the classical Christian view that the Spirit is immaterial.