Make a nice CD cover wouldn't it? But it's just some illustration for the article I wrote that appears as this week's Journal.
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I've never understood people who knock "Materialism." I'm very much a materialist and enjoy the hell out of most of my possessions. (If I don't, I tend to get rid of them.) Yet "Spiritualists" tell me I should not care about worldly possessions, and seek spiritual values instead. What do they mean by "spiritual?" If not "intellectual curiosity," "mental stimulation," and "play" then all that's left is some sappy, dewey-eyed, feel-good emotion, usually directed toward an uninspiring imaginary being like God.
In a way, most people's "materialism" isn't even very "material." Most people with large homes and expensive cars have no time to be in them or drive anywhere. They are at work, making more money to buy more "materialist" symbols of their success. But it is the success that interests them! And success is actually an abstract value, not a material one. It is more akin to "Spiritualism," really.
It's true what they say, about not being able to take your things with you when you go. But, as an atheist, I'm not going anywhere, anyway.
In a way, most people's "materialism" isn't even very "material." Most people with large homes and expensive cars have no time to be in them or drive anywhere. They are at work, making more money to buy more "materialist" symbols of their success. But it is the success that interests them! And success is actually an abstract value, not a material one. It is more akin to "Spiritualism," really.
It's true what they say, about not being able to take your things with you when you go. But, as an atheist, I'm not going anywhere, anyway.
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