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>What exactly is it about materialism that you find so objectionable?
The problem of consciousness is unsolvable if you hold to a purely physicalist view of the world. A similar argument can be made for intentionality. Unfortunately both intentionality and consciousness exist, which means that the physicalist picture of the world is simply false.
Now, it's not the end of the world if scientists hold to it. Their main task is to further their own field of knowledge, and this can be done with false pictures of the world (as long as they're instrumentally valuable and lead to better predictions). But when it comes to philosophy this lenient attitude loses all meaning, and only leads philosophers to adopt downright wrong philosophical models and systems.
Finding actual refutations in philosophy is usually quite hard, but when it comes to materialism I think it is fair to say that as a position it has been conclusively refuted.
>I see more favour for Christianity on here than I do for a view that actually corresponds with reason and science.
I think all these critiques can be made regardless of one's religion. The problem of consciousness and intentionality can be recognized by thr Christian, the deist and the atheist alike.