We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
Materialism is an identity crisis.
We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and mortar or paper and ink).
I've never been a materialist; I've never been somebody who believes in only what we can see and measure. I continue to be a student of religious philosophy, and I continue to take those ideas very seriously.
When a culture has fallen totally away from spiritual pursuits into materialism, one must begin by demonstrating they are each a soul, not a material animal.
Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.
Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.
As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.
Each of us is a spirit in material form.
We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever.