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Naturalism

naturalism

1. A state of nature; conformity to nature.

2. (Science: psychology) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.

Origin: Cf. F. Naturalisme.


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Re: Darwin and Racism

... movement which scared two large snarling dogs. At any rate, they were occurrences. Evolutionistic and agnostic trains of thought are locked in naturalism, and deny all evidence that would suggest anything but the natural.

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by AFJ
Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:24 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Darwin and Racism
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Views: 409

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... saddens me about evolution, uniformintarianism (belief that almost all natural processes have always proceeded at the same rate we see today), and naturalism (belief that all creation is the result of only natural processes) are two things. 1. Teaching these things as though they are scientific ...

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by AFJ
Sun May 03, 2009 5:07 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16354

observing evolution

... bearing on the actual existence of evolution as a natural process. Which means evolution could be around without your allegiance to materialistic naturalism. Methodological materialism can be acceptable when dealing with phenomena we can actually observe. Your starlight being observed to have ...

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by biotchr
Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: observing evolution
Replies: 55
Views: 4251

observing evolution

... and has been an integral part of His creation for thousands of years. God also has a plan. The last two sentences are exactly opposite of what naturalism holds to be true. how weird man lol Not if you have the right perspective which results from knowing the TRUTH about where you came form. ...

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by biotchr
Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:08 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: observing evolution
Replies: 55
Views: 4251

Origin of life

... of evolution degrade and ridicule my religion. Evolution by natural selection excludes God, because it attempts to explain everything in terms of naturalism. Every ad hoc explanation is offered and considered, as long as intelligent design is excluded. That is not objective science and is illogical. ...

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by Springer
Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:53 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Origin of life
Replies: 236
Views: 23858
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