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'''Naturalism''' as a philosophical stance rejects the possibility of supernatural phenomena, describing such phenomena as misunderstood natural phenomena or falsehood. This preconception necessarily precludes the existence of God.
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.
[[Philosophical naturalism]] is the concept that [[human being]]s have no [[soul]] or [[spiritual body]], that there is no [[afterlife]] or [[heaven]] or [[hell]], and that all supernatural phenomena, causes or beings are merely figments of human imagination.
[[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:
*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. <ref>http://www.icr.org/article/2605/</ref>
==See also==
*[[Social Darwinism]]
{{Creation vs. evolution}}
==References==
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[[category:philosophy]]
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.
[[Philosophical naturalism]] is the concept that [[human being]]s have no [[soul]] or [[spiritual body]], that there is no [[afterlife]] or [[heaven]] or [[hell]], and that all supernatural phenomena, causes or beings are merely figments of human imagination.
[[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:
*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. <ref>http://www.icr.org/article/2605/</ref>
==See also==
*[[Social Darwinism]]
{{Creation vs. evolution}}
==References==
<References/>
[[category:philosophy]]