tgpeeler – Uncommon Descent

B.S., M.S., C.P.A. (Retired) Lt.Col. USMCR (Retired)

Question for materialists

It’s been a while since I’ve been “out here” and I am wondering if materialism is still considered by some to be a rational position to hold. I understand “materialism” to be the idea that every existing thing is comprised of the periodic table of elements (rearranged in a vast number of ways described by Read More…

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