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'''Materialism''' is the belief that only [[matter]] exists, and that nothing unseen exists.  Materialism is a type of [[atheism]]. Materialism holds that all phenomena and processes can be entirely explained as manifestations or results of matter.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/materialism Merriam Webster Dictionary: Materialism]</ref>  In popular culture, materialism refers to an obsession with money and expensive goods that money can buy.

'''Materialism''' is the belief that only [[matter]] exists, and that nothing unseen exists.  Materialism is a type of [[atheism]]. Materialism holds that all phenomena and processes can be entirely explained as manifestations or results of matter.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/materialism Merriam Webster Dictionary: Materialism]</ref>  In popular culture, materialism refers to an obsession with money and expensive goods that money can buy.

Materialism defies both experience and [[logic]].  Experience provides numerous [[counterexamples]] that disprove materialism, such as annual migration patterns by animals, [[homing]], [[action-at-a-distance]] and [[non-locality]], plus extraordinary good and evil events that lack statistically-plausible explanations.  Materialism is also contrary to logic, as there is no logical reason to expect human senses to be able to fully recognize all of reality.

Materialism defies both experience and [[logic]].  Experience provides numerous [[counterexamples]] that disprove materialism, such as annual migration patterns by animals, [[homing]], [[action-at-a-distance]] and [[non-locality]], plus extraordinary good and evil events that lack statistically plausible explanations.  Materialism is also contrary to logic, as there is no logical reason to expect human senses to be able to recognize fully all of reality.

Materialism ignores unseen [[opportunity costs]], and often materialists are unable or unwilling to grasp this and other abstract truths.  Materialists have trouble realizing that the deterrence effect of gun ownership yields more benefits than any [[gun control|harm that guns cause]].  Materialists often develop obsessions with their outlook, as reflected by [[evolution syndrome]].

Materialism ignores unseen [[opportunity costs]], and often materialists are unable or unwilling to grasp this and other abstract truths.  Materialists have trouble realizing that the deterrence effect of gun ownership yields more benefits than any [[gun control|harm that guns cause]].  Materialists often develop obsessions with their outlook, as reflected by [[evolution syndrome]].

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In the [[United States]], [[Democrats]] tend to be materialistic, with particularly heavy emphasis placed on race, gender and job title.  [[Republicans]], in contrast, tend to focus on principles such as [[family values]], [[pro-life]] or [[economics]].

In the [[United States]], [[Democrats]] tend to be materialistic, with a particularly heavy emphasis placed on race, gender and job title.  [[Republicans]], in contrast, tend to focus on principles such as [[family values]], [[pro-life]] or [[economics]].

== Materialism in Education ==

== Materialism in Education ==

== Materialism in Science ==

== Materialism in Science ==

Materialism undermines [[science]] making it increasingly [[atheism|atheistic]],<ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref> rejecting God and His works in explanations of the world and all of human experience.  Instead science readily embraces [[liberal logic]] and pseudo or [[junk science]] such as [[Counterexamples to Evolution|evolution]], [[Counterexamples to Relativity|relativity]], "[[global warming]]" and much of [[cosmology]] and [[geology]] based on a [[Counterexamples to an Old Earth|time frame]] which predates [[creation]].  Fortunately the rigid [[logic]] of [[creation science]] is gaining in importance, enabling intelligent people to distinguish real science from atheistic secular junk science.

Materialism undermines [[science]] making it increasingly [[atheism|atheistic]],<ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref> rejecting God and His works in explanations of the world and all of the human experience.  Instead science readily embraces [[liberal logic]] and pseudo or [[junk science]] such as [[Counterexamples to Evolution|evolution]], [[Counterexamples to Relativity|relativity]], "[[global warming]]" and much of [[cosmology]] and [[geology]] based on a [[Counterexamples to an Old Earth|time frame]] which predates [[creation]].  Fortunately, the rigid [[logic]] of [[creation science]] is gaining in importance, enabling intelligent people to distinguish real science from atheistic secular junk science.

== Other Aspects of Materialism ==

== Other Aspects of Materialism ==