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[[File:Autumn.jpg|270px|right|thumbnail|[[Materialism]] cannot explain nature's beauty.<br>(see: [[Argument from beauty]])]]
 
[[File:Autumn.jpg|270px|right|thumbnail|[[Materialism]] cannot explain nature's beauty.<br>(see: [[Argument from beauty]])]]
 
'''Counterexamples to [[materialism]]''' include:
 
'''Counterexamples to [[materialism]]''' include:
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# homing conduct by many birds
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# Homing conduct by many birds
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# migratory conduct by butterflies
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# Migratory conduct by butterflies
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# [[action-at-a-distance]] in [[physics]]
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# [[Action-at-a-distance]] in [[physics]]
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# 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>
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# 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>
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# the [[origin of life]]<ref name="Origin of life">[https://creation.com/origin-of-life Origin of life]</ref>
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# The [[origin of life]]<ref name="Origin of life">[https://creation.com/origin-of-life Origin of life]</ref>
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# 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
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# 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]])
 
:#[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]])
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# nature's beauty (see: [[Argument from beauty]])
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# 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
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# 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]]
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# 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]]
 
# 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]]
 
# 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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