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# nature's beauty (see: [[Argument from beauty]]) | # nature's beauty (see: [[Argument from beauty]]) | ||
# [[prime number]] identification among large numbers quickly by some people who cannot do basic arithmetic | # [[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]] | + | # Origin of the universe.<ref>[https://archive.md/zD8k Can the laws of science explain the origin of the universe?]</ref> 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]] | # 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.<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> | # 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> | ||
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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.[4] See: Atheism and the origin of the universe
- Materialism can't account for the existence of the laws of logic.[5] 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.[6]
See also
- Arguments for the existence of God
- Logical arguments for the existence of God
- Atheism
- Philosophical naturalism
- Counterexamples to evolution
References
- ↑ https://www.kpax.com/news/a-wilder-view/a-wilder-view-can-animals-sense-oncoming-natural-disasters#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20well,ground%20before%20the%20wave%20hit.
- ↑ Origin of life
- ↑ The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God by John Piippo, 3/20/2012
- Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems by John Piippo, 4/14/2014
- ↑ Can the laws of science explain the origin of the universe?
- ↑ Atheism: An Irrational Worldview by Dr. Jason Lisle on October 10, 2007
- ↑ Medium: "If this sounds like a made-up story, it one hundred percent is not."