The Collapse of Materialism by Philip Comella

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Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:10am to 12:00pm
The Collapse of Materialism by Philip Comella

Host Per Fagereng speaks with Philip Comella, practicing attorney, radio show host, and author of The Collapse of Materialism.

Comella is looking at the following questions. Can human consciousness be explained by Darwin and materialist science?  Does matter exist outside of the mind, with no rationale or direction, the universe created completely by chance?  Since ancient Greece, materialists have held that there is no room for purpose or design. We exist in a random and unconscious universe that has evolved through “natural selection.” However, a very different view of the universe and its creation has co-existed with the materialist point of view.  In this version, the universe is the creation of a powerful and purposeful mind, one that exists outside of matter, and is, in fact, the creator of matter.

For millennia, these two opposing viewpoints have clashed, often with catastrophic results. In The Collapse of Materialism, author Philip Comella proposes a profound shift in the way that we look at the exchange of beliefs between these two domains.  Envisioning the end of the mechanical scientific worldview as it is currently taught, Comella believes that civilization may be at the beginning of a new epoch, a time of great spiritual awakening with humanity transcending to a higher truth, one that unifies the now colliding cultures of science and religion.

Philip Comella is a lawyer, visionary futurist, and host of the popular radio show Conversations Beyond Science and Religion, podcast at www.webtalkradio.net. His book, The Collapse of Materialism: Visions of Science, Dreams of God, is a culmination of decades of work committed to developing a new and credible scientific paradigm to unify the physical world of science with the metaphysics of religion. He lives with his wife and daughter in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
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