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A materialist is a person who believes that the universe and all its constituents can be explained through rational means, such as experimation and the gathering of results based on observation. Materialists in general reject supernatural explanations of natural phenomena, preferring instead to formulate a theory via collections of observations.
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A '''materialist''' believes that all phenomena can be explained based on physical matter and that nothing else exists. Materialists reject any unseen forces, [[intelligent design]], [[miracle]]s, or anything spiritual.  Counterexamples to materialism include the placebo effect, [[quantum mechanics]], [[action-at-a-distance]], and remarkable migration.
  
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The religious Right and materialists are often at odds over topics which conflict with, or attempt to openly denounce, the beliefs and explanations from those subscribing to supernatural explanations. A modern example is the Evolution controversy, where many Conservatives and their supporters deny the validity of the theory of Evolution on the grounds that it violates scriptural explanations. Another example is the Young Earth Creationist movement, which denies the traditional geological age of the Earth (billions of years), suggesting that the earth is closer to thousands of years old, which coincides with ideas put forth in Scripture.
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Examples of beliefs of materialists are:
  
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There are active research projects devoted to proving these "alternative" viewpoints to the scientific community (who are mostly, if not exclusively, materialists), despite constant pressures from the latter in labelling it as "pseudoscience".
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*[[gravitons]], never detected for nearly a century
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*[[dark matter]], never seen but believed to comprise most of the universe
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*[[black holes]], impossible to see but popular in science magazines
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*magnetic theories to attempt to explain remarkable [[homing]] powers
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Materialists often deny and refuse to discuss observed phenomena that defy purely physical explanation, such as chickens returning from afar to their chicken coop at sundown each day and entering the coop in the same order each time, or butterflies migrating thousands of miles each year to the same destination.
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In colloquial terms, a materialist is someone obsessed with money at the expense of other aspects of life, such as love or [[faith]].
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Latest revision as of 15:48, July 13, 2016

A materialist believes that all phenomena can be explained based on physical matter and that nothing else exists. Materialists reject any unseen forces, intelligent design, miracles, or anything spiritual. Counterexamples to materialism include the placebo effect, quantum mechanics, action-at-a-distance, and remarkable migration.

Examples of beliefs of materialists are:

  • gravitons, never detected for nearly a century
  • dark matter, never seen but believed to comprise most of the universe
  • black holes, impossible to see but popular in science magazines
  • magnetic theories to attempt to explain remarkable homing powers

Materialists often deny and refuse to discuss observed phenomena that defy purely physical explanation, such as chickens returning from afar to their chicken coop at sundown each day and entering the coop in the same order each time, or butterflies migrating thousands of miles each year to the same destination.

In colloquial terms, a materialist is someone obsessed with money at the expense of other aspects of life, such as love or faith.

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