Changes

'''Methodological naturalism''' is a strategy <ref>Roger Pennock declared that "science is not based upon a dogmatic ontological or metaphysical naturalism, but rather makes use of naturalism only in a heuristic, methodological manner." [http://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/research/papers/Pennock_SupNatExpl.html] </ref>

'''Methodological naturalism''' is a strategy <ref>Roger Pennock declared that "science is not based upon a dogmatic ontological or metaphysical naturalism, but rather makes use of naturalism only in a heuristic, methodological manner." [http://www.msu.edu/~pennock5/research/papers/Pennock_SupNatExpl.html] </ref>

for studying the world, by which scientists choose not to consider supernatural causes - even as a remote possibility.  

for studying the world, by which scientists choose not to consider supernatural causes - even as a remote possibility.  This kind of approach is the result of application of the epistemology of either of the empirical philosophies of [[pragmatism]] or [[logical positivism]], and (because it is a methodology developed without first establishing the ontological principles of the world) is unfounded.  This is the reason that [[Presuppositionalist Metaphysics|presuppositionalists]] do not subscribe to methodological naturalism, relying on the Intelligent Design Programme instead.

According to [[Christian]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]] [[Alvin Plantinga]], "The philosophical doctrine of methodological naturalism holds that, for any study of the world to qualify as "scientific," it cannot refer to God's creative activity (or any sort of divine activity)." <ref>http://www.arn.org/docs/odesign/od181/methnat181.htm</ref>

According to [[Christian]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]] [[Alvin Plantinga]], "The philosophical doctrine of methodological naturalism holds that, for any study of the world to qualify as "scientific," it cannot refer to God's creative activity (or any sort of divine activity)." <ref>http://www.arn.org/docs/odesign/od181/methnat181.htm</ref>