Making the Case for Materialism

From time to time I get sucked into debating with religious types on issues such as free will, ethics and materialism. The same arguments go round in circles and of course no one changes their mind about anything. But I thought it would be nice to have some mutual respect. That's a first step to someone changing their minds. To this end I wrote this short piece in response to a comment by a nice chap with the nickname of gpuccio.

If anyone, including gpuccio, wants to make any comments this seems like a good place.

I am not very interested in lengthy reruns of old arguments which have been done much better in philosophy journals. It is more a case of trying to convey the appeal and strength of materialism to me personally.