Difference between revisions of "Counterexamples to materialism"

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Materialism cannot explain nature's beauty.
(see: Argument from beauty)

Counterexamples to materialism include:

homing conduct by many birds
migratory conduct by butterflies
action-at-a-distance in physics
animals fleeing to high ground in anticipation of a tsunami^[1]
the origin of life^[2]
human consciousness^[3] (see: Atheism and consciousness)
nature's beauty (see: Argument from beauty)
prime number identification among large numbers quickly by some people who cannot do basic arithmetic
Origin of the universe. See: Atheism and the origin of the universe
Materialism can't account for the existence of the laws of logic.^[4] See: Atheism and logic
Extraordinary acts of good that defy a plausible physical explanation, such as a grandmother lifting a car to save a child.^[5]

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 # Origin of the universe. See: [[Atheism and the origin of the universe]]
 # Materialism can't account for the existence of the laws of [[logic]].<ref>[https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/atheism/atheism-an-irrational-worldview/ Atheism: An Irrational Worldview] by Dr. Jason Lisle  on October 10, 2007</ref> See: [[Atheism and logic]]
-# Extraordinary acts of good that defy a plausible physical explanation, such as a grandmother lifting a car to save a child.
+# Extraordinary acts of good that defy a plausible physical explanation, such as a grandmother lifting a car to save a child.<ref>[https://sarahcottrell.medium.com/this-mom-lifted-a-car-off-her-trapped-child-and-so-can-you-8e13d6223863 Medium: "If this sounds like a made-up story, it one hundred percent is not."]</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[Arguments for the existence of God]]