The Young Materialist is born!

Well, since I have to create a blog for this film project, I thought I would give it a meaningful name. So now it's about to get heavy:

The word "materialist" has recently been re-purposed by people who support so-called "creation science" and intelligent design to refer to those of us who chose to use reason, rationality, and careful thought to understand the universe and our place in it, rather than deciding the conclusion first, e.g. god exists, and misrepresenting the evidence to support it. Clearly, they mean to take advantage of the connotations of uncaring greed and consumerism that "materialism" carries to demean people who choose not to incorporate supernatural beliefs into their lives. Knowing this, I have decided to proudly wear the label, dismissing the tangential connotations, because it so perfectly describes my view of the world. I contend that the only way to truly understand the world is to explore it using the senses and scientific extensions to our senses . After my project for Film 301 is complete, I hope to use this space to communicate my thoughts and feelings (even atheists have feelings) about being one of the most hated people in this budding theocracy of ours: a liberal, white, male atheist.