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Originally Posted by sharpiel
I have found Alex's posts here in IIS to be of the most gentle, informed, intuitive, innovative and philosophical nature. He states his position with regard to all facets of the discussion. I would never label him a "materialist". You clearly haven't understood him. Perhaps you should take the time to do so.
If there were more Alex's in the world it would be a better place.
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Thank you Les for your kind words you create an image of someone who would be hard to live up to.
I looked up " materialist" and found the following with a goggle....
materialist
məˈtɪərɪəlɪst/Submit
noun
plural noun: materialists
1.
a person who considers material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.
"greedy materialists lusting for consumer baubles"
2.
PHILOSOPHY
a person who supports the theory that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications.
"an atheist and philosophical materialist"
Probably the first is not exactly me I certainly don't care about possessions like most people.
The second may be closer.
And although I identify as an atheist I like to think I follow many of the teachings of Jesus Chris as to supporting positive emotions and rejecting negative emotions and holding a belief that all humans deserve my respect and " love"...and all animals.
I live this way all week not just on Sunday.
My main problem with religions generally is they seem to allow followers to abdicate personal responsibility and assign control to something else.
If something goes wrong in my world I look to how I have created the mess and what I should do to avoid similar problems in the future.
I notice many see a competition between science and religion which is unfortunate and it is a pity religion feels threatened by science.
Science never seeks to offer "why" and leaves religion to answer that question.
There is no need for religious folk to fear science.
Science will not make religion irrelevant however religions in resisting change and evolvement may destroy themselves...science will only study why it happened.
Alex