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'''Naturalism''' is the philosophy that rejects all supernatural phenomena as either false, incoherent, or simply natural phenomena that is not yet understood.  A subset of this, [[Moral naturalism]], rejects divine revelation as the source of ethics and holds that morals emerge from a process of [[Social Darwinism]] much as instincts emerge among animals in the wild.

'''Naturalism''' is a philosophy that rejects the possibility of supernatural phenomena, describing such phenomena as misunderstood natural phenomena or falsehood.

[[Creation Science]] rejects naturalism because its inherent materialism rejects God's existence and thus any possibility of a relationship with Him.

Science typically affects [[methodological naturalism]], the idea that only those influences that can be measured and quantified, can be considered as part of an [[experiment]]. This philosophy is essentially [[agnostic]], but is adapted by scientists of all religions for the purpose of their work. [[Creation Science|Creation scientists]] reject methodological naturalism, holding that its inherent materialism rejects God's existence and thus any possibility of a relationship with Him.

 

 

[[Moral naturalism]] rejects divine revelation as the source of ethics, holding that morals emerged from the emergence of the best course for survival as a society, much as instincts emerge as the best course for survival among animals in the wild.

John Morris, PhD., wrote:

John Morris, PhD., wrote:

*Naturalism (i.e., [[naturalistic evolution]]) is often desirable, for it seemingly frees us from the authority of a Creator God. Without a God to whom we are accountable, we are free to live as we choose. College students, often surrounded by [[hedonism]] are particularly ripe for wrong thinking, and many never recover. [http://www.icr.org/article/2605/]

*Naturalism (i.e., [[naturalistic evolution]]) is often desirable, for it seemingly frees us from the authority of a Creator God. Without a God to whom we are accountable, we are free to live as we choose. College students, often surrounded by hedonism are particularly ripe for wrong thinking, and many never recover. [http://www.icr.org/article/2605/]

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''Philosophical naturalism'' is the doctrine that [[human being]]s have no [[soul]] or [[spiritual body]], that there is no [[afterlife]] in [[heaven]] or [[hell]], and that all supernatural phenomena, causes or beings are merely figments of human imagination.

*[[Enlightened self-interest]]

*[[Social Darwinism]]