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Philosophical Materialism

Rebutting Multiverses, Meta Laws, and Other Materialist Answers to Fine-Tuning

By Filings on Wed, 05/27/26
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“Williams addresses several sophisticated objections, including the idea that fine-tuning results from a more fundamental law. He uses a memorable analogy here, that of a wrinkle in the carpet, to show that this objection merely shifts the improbability elsewhere while lacking the scope to explain initial conditions.” - ID the Future

The Scientific Discoveries That Make Materialism an Irrational Belief

By Filings on Wed, 10/22/25
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“For the last 150 years, many have assumed science has ejected God from the picture, a quaint relic of a less enlightened past. But what if that view has become a relic itself?” - ID the Future

The Real Threat to Faith Isn’t Science

By Filings on Mon, 09/29/25
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“most of these [Christian] beliefs contradict prevailing scientific accounts of history and the natural world. As a result, many Christians perceive science as a threat to biblical faith. They are mistaken. Scientism is the real threat, not science.” - TGC

Losing the Plot: How Materialism Can Blind Scientists to Purpose

By Filings on Thu, 07/24/25
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“On this ID The Future, scientist and attorney Dr. Casey Luskin and his wife, chemistry teacher Kristin Marais, explain how a materialistic worldview causes many scientists and science communicators to lose the plot and forget what science is all about.” - Discovery Institute

Materialism, Magic, & Miracles

By Filings on Thu, 04/24/25
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“The materialist would simply dismiss my friend’s story saying such things are impossible. This is David Hume’s not-so-clever argument: ‘Miracles are impossible therefore miracles do not happen.’ … Human experience tells us otherwise. Inexplicable things happen.” - Imaginative Conservative

This is your brain on materialism

By Filings on Fri, 12/06/24
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“Their thoughts about the brain, or anything else, would be products of material causes and [have] no more significance than steam wafting from a bowl of oatmeal.” - CPost

The Insanity of Denying Free Will

By Filings on Mon, 11/20/23
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“Chesterton’s asylum example also applies to a recent article published at Phys.org about a scientist who has written a book to convince everyone that humans don’t have free will.” - Breakpoint

Naturalism Is a Failed Worldview

By Filings on Mon, 05/01/23
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“This brief presentation of evidence and reasoning contradicts six [naturalist] affirmations while affirming the Christian theist worldview. How many strikes must naturalism be afforded before it is ruled out as a viable worldview?” - Reasons

9 Proofs You’re More Than Matter

By Filings on Wed, 01/11/23
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“At this very moment, you’re doing at least nine things that prove you’re more than a hunk of mindless matter.” - TGC

God Wants the Blame for Climate Change

By Filings on Thu, 09/23/21
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“According to the left, humans are to blame for the spread of racism, COVID-19, Ida, and the disaster in Afghanistan. According to the right, those same problems can also be ascribed to humans (though normally different)… . one thing we can all agree on is that our problems are human problems with natural causes.” - TGC

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