There is nothing beyond the physical. Nothing beyond what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see¹. That is the claim. This claim is a simple idea, nearly invisible at the level of public discourse, but it pervades your education and social conditioning. This idea has consequences, and while it may seem innocent enough, those who have followed it to its most logical conclusions have found a reality devoid of the very things that make us human.

This idea is formally known as materialism. Philosophical materialism asserts that all that exists is matter and all effects are reducible to physical causes. This theory precedes some necessary conclusions that you would likely be disinclined to accept were they stated explicitly; for instance: any sense of design or purpose is an illusion, true evil does not exist, and you don’t actually have free will.

In stark opposition to this materialist philosophy is theism. Theism and materialism are completely opposed ideologies. On theism, design is the product of a designer, purpose is the result of a plan, evil is a parasitic corruption and you hold responsibility for the choices you make, because you are actually making them.

The unquestioning majority is naively complacent to simultaneously hold aspects of both positions. A goal of this endeavor is to unburden seeking skeptics of this complacency so that they may further bring to light the unrealized cognitive dissonance in other minds with which they interact.

This reality seems a shared experience that we can explore, interact with and test. Both materialism and theism make exclusive explanatory claims as to the nature of our reality. We invite you on a journey in which we test these explanations for fidelity.