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Philosophical naturalism (view source)
Revision as of 05:30, September 23, 2015
, 05:30, September 23, 2015→Primary terms: additional Christian distinction that the inferior natural laws of physical existence are subsumed to the superior supernatural laws of spiritual existence without contradiction
<br/>[< L ''praeter'' beyond < ''prae'' before (in the forefront of, chief, prominent, preeminent, exalted) preter- + natural < F ''naturel'' < L ''naturalis'' < ''natura'', nature, character]</ref>; believed to be miraculous or caused by the immediate exercise of divine power; pertaining to the miraculous.
<br/>[< L ''praeter'' beyond < ''prae'' before (in the forefront of, chief, prominent, preeminent, exalted) preter- + natural < F ''naturel'' < L ''naturalis'' < ''natura'', nature, character]</ref>; believed to be miraculous or caused by the immediate exercise of divine power; pertaining to the miraculous.
<br/>[< Med.L (from Medieval Latin) < L ''super''- above + ''natura'' nature]
<br/>[< Med.L (from Medieval Latin) < L ''super''- above + ''natura'' nature]
:Philosophical naturalists understand the meaning of "supernatural" as "not natural", "not part of Existence", as "not existing".
:Philosophical naturalists understand the meaning of "supernatural" as "not natural", as "not existing", "not part of Existence".
:Christians understand the meaning of "supernatural" as "superior to created physical nature", "above physical nature", and as "not subject to the natural laws of the physical spaciotemporal Universe" created by God.
:Christians understand the meaning of "supernatural" as "superior to created physical nature", "above physical nature", and as "not subject to the natural laws of the physical spaciotemporal Universe" created by God; the ''laws of Existence'' understood as including the natural laws of the (''inferior, subject'') order of physical existence as subsumed by (included within) the supernatural laws of the (''superior, governing'') order of spiritual existence<ref>Just as by way of analogy the laws of [[Classical mechanics|Newtonian mechanics]] are subsumed by the laws of [[Quantum mechanics]].</ref>; God being understood as the One Origin of all Existence, self-caused, self-contained, self-consistent, who "''cannot contradict himself''".<ref>See 2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 1:2-3 and 7:7; and James 1:17. Compare John 1:1-2.</ref>
'''cause''': The agent or force producing an effect; a person, occasion, condition, etc. giving rise to a result or action; contrasted to ''effect''.
'''cause''': The agent or force producing an effect; a person, occasion, condition, etc. giving rise to a result or action; contrasted to ''effect''.