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''For journal, see [[Nature (journal)]].''

''For journal, see [[Nature (journal)]].''

'''Nature''' is a term typically referring to Earth's non-human or non-man-made [[environment]]. The term literally means "[[birth|beget]]", "[[birth|begotten]]" (born), or, more generically, "contingent".<ref>''nature''; ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=nature&searchmode=none]</ref>  

'''Nature''' is a term typically referring to Earth's non-human or non-man-made [[environment]]. The term literally means "[[birth|beget]]", "[[birth|begotten]]" (born), or, more generically, "contingent".<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=nature&searchmode=none ''nature''; ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY]</ref>  

[[Genesis]] reflects on its [[beauty]], to which anything man-made is incomparable.  

[[Genesis]] reflects on its [[beauty]], to which anything man-made is incomparable.  

== Nature as created order ==

== Nature as created order ==

Nature represents also God's created order. In this respect, the [[human]] [[behavior]] can be categorized as<ref name="Stott1998">{{cite book |title=Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective |author=John Stott |publisher=Baker Book House |year=1998 |pages=46 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=28oHAAAACAAJ }}</ref>:

Nature represents also God's created order. In this respect, the [[human]] [[behavior]] can be categorized as:<ref name="Stott1998">{{cite book |title=Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective |author=John Stott |publisher=Baker Book House |year=1998 |pages=46 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=28oHAAAACAAJ }}</ref>

*a.) ''natural'' (in Greek ''"kata physin"''), that is, '''in line with''' Nature alias created order; or  

*a.) ''natural'' (in Greek ''"kata physin"''), that is, '''in line with''' Nature alias created order; or  

*b.) ''unnatural'' (in Greek ''"para physin"''), that is, '''against''' Nature alias created order.

*b.) ''unnatural'' (in Greek ''"para physin"''), that is, '''against''' Nature alias created order.