The American Heritage dictionary defines materialism as, “The
theory that physical matter is the only reality and that
everything, including thought, feeling, mind, and will, can be
explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena.”
Evolutionist Paul Davies wrote: “The materialist believes that
mental states and operation are nothing but physical states and
operations” (1983, p. 82). In short, there is an idea prevalent
among those who believe in evolution that matter is the only
“real” thing that exists. If it is not material or physical,
then it is not a part of the Universe, and is either non-
existent or unimportant. The fundamental flaw with this
particular theory is the fact that it can be proven that some
things do exist which are not material. Among the most obvious
of those is information. In a book titled In Six Days, Nancy M.
Darrall gives an excellent summary of the problem that
information poses to the theory of materialism. For instance,
suppose that etched in the sand of the beach are the wor