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| − | '''Naturalism''' is a philosophy that rejects the possibility of supernatural phenomena, describing such phenomena as misunderstood natural phenomena or falsehood. | + | '''Naturalism''' could refer to various topics within [[art]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]] and [[science]]. |
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| − | 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.
| + | * [[Naturalism (philosophy)]] |
| | + | * [[Natural history]] |
| | + | * [[Realism]] |
| | + | * In literature the term was invented by [[Émile Zola]] |
| | + | * Sociological naturalism |
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| − | ''Philosophical naturalism'' is the concept 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.
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| − | [[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. | + | ==See also== |
| | + | *[[Atheism]] |
| | + | *[[Evolution]] |
| | + | *[[Social Darwinism]] |
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| − | John Morris, PhD., wrote:
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| − | *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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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Enlightened self-interest]]
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| − | *[[Social Darwinism]]
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