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| − | '''Counterexamples to | + | '''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]]<ref>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.</ref> | |
| − | + | # The [[origin of life]]<ref name="Origin of life">[https://creation.com/origin-of-life Origin of life]</ref> | |
| − | + | # Human consciousness<ref>[http://www.johnpiippo.com/2012/03/argument-from-consciousness-for.html The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God] by [[John Piippo]], 3/20/2012 | |
| − | * | + | :#[http://www.johnpiippo.com/2014/04/one-of-atheisms-irresolvable-problems.html Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems] by John Piippo, 4/14/2014</ref> (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]].<ref>[https://archive.md/zD8k Can the laws of science explain the origin of the universe?]</ref><ref>[https://creation.com/stephen-hawking-god Hawking atheopathy] by Jonathan Sarfati</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><ref>[http://coldcasechristianity.com/2014/is-god-real-examining-atheistic-explanations-for-the-laws-of-logic-as-brute-realities/ Is God Real? Examining Atheistic Explanations for the Laws of Logic as “Brute Realities”]</ref> (See: [[Atheism and logic]]) | ||
| + | # [[Exorcism]]s with accompanying supernatural events that are visible such as supernaturally moving objects (See: [[Demonic possession]]) | ||
| + | # [[Stigmata]] | ||
| + | # Demonically haunted houses with supernatural events that defy a natural explanation | ||
| + | # Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in a twin<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9928655/</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> | ||
| + | # biorhythms, whereby some people become very sleepy, very alert, or experience particular [[anxiety]] at approximately the same time on the clock each day. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Arguments for the existence of God]] | ||
| + | *[[Logical arguments for the existence of God]] | ||
| + | *[[Atheism]] | ||
| + | *[[Philosophical naturalism]] | ||
| + | *[[Counterexamples to evolution]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:59, October 5, 2023
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][5] (See: Atheism and the origin of the universe)
- Materialism can't account for the existence of the laws of logic.[6][7] (See: Atheism and logic)
- Exorcisms with accompanying supernatural events that are visible such as supernaturally moving objects (See: Demonic possession)
- Stigmata
- Demonically haunted houses with supernatural events that defy a natural explanation
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in a twin[8]
- Extraordinary acts of good that defy a plausible physical explanation, such as a grandmother lifting a car to save a child.[9]
- biorhythms, whereby some people become very sleepy, very alert, or experience particular anxiety at approximately the same time on the clock each day.
See also
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?
- ↑ Hawking atheopathy by Jonathan Sarfati
- ↑ Atheism: An Irrational Worldview by Dr. Jason Lisle on October 10, 2007
- ↑ Is God Real? Examining Atheistic Explanations for the Laws of Logic as “Brute Realities”
- ↑ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9928655/
- ↑ Medium: "If this sounds like a made-up story, it one hundred percent is not."