Why materialists are predominantly materialists

[ApeNotKillApe]

And any example of 'immaterial' stuff you try to bring up inherently has to take on physical/material properties in order to interact with the material universe in the first place.

[brewer]

I just like pretty things. If I can' t get them on my own you need to give them to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSUOFgj97M

[A Handmaid]

Well, materialists are predominantly materialists because that's how groups work, as far as I know.

[Whateverist]

Guess you mean like all those bachelors being unmarried men?

[downbeatplumb]

Guess you mean like all those bachelors being unmarried men?

You mean gay.

[Bunburryist]

I'd really like people to see my website fresh without any preconceived notions, so I'd better get my but in gear, finish off my 30 posts so I can post my site! That's one down . . .

[FatAndFaithless]

Another good way to get your post count up is to actually respond to questions and points raised by other people in your threads. Who knew!

[Jesster]

Why not just post the site? I think we've run through our motions here by now.

[Bunburryist]

That was number 20. Here's number 21. . . .

I think believers who might otherwise be somewhat receptive are often put out by atheists who present the position that materialism is the alternative to religious belief, instead of "mere" non-belief. I'm an atheist through and through, and (for reasons you will see! please be patient!) I don't believe our "minds" (I don't like the word "mind" - I don't really know what it means) and experiences happen as the result of processes in material brains. It's one thing to be asked to consider one's beliefs to be wrong, but another to be told that one has to accept a conception of our nature as beings that, although not part of atheism, is so far from the usual belief of religious people as to be scary.

[Bunburryist]

. . . number 22  . . .

I need to cut the lawn.