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Title: Materialism.
Review: As ever the issue boils down to belief, no more no less. If someone chooses to believe that love and the existence of God is no deeper than the chemicals and nerve fibres of the brain, then one could take heed of Smith's arguments.If one is to believe there is a depth to life and to existence, then Smith's arguments will prove to be weak.We are not talking about Santa Claus here. We are talking about the Universal Source of our existence, and the sustaining reality of `being'.Personally, I believe there is a depth to life, and after reading many books on contemporary cosmology, a spiritual dimension in the Universe makes more than good sense. There are things that go way deeper than the nerve fibres and chemicals of the brain, I cannot doubt that. In this sense I feel obliged to search deeper, and I would conclude that Smith's arguments ring "shallow".
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