From: bivalve <bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com>> I'm a bit confused by
your use of "naturalism". Could you clarify exactly what you consider
naturalistic and why?
>
> (Feel free to post a reply to the list; I just did not think a question
for you needed posted to everyone.)
Naturalism/Materialism is the concept that nature -- matter, energy, motion,
etc. -- is all there is, has always been so and ever will be (No evidence of
a beginning, no possibility of an end). Everything that is exists and
happens does so according to inherent laws in nature. There is not and can
not be any outside influences. Thus life had to arise within nature
according to natural laws (Abiogenesis). The same processes which occur
today have always occurred throughout the distant past though not
necessarily at the same rates (Actualism or Non-Uniform Uniformitarianism).
As a Creationary Catastrophist, I believe that nature had a beginning. It
operates according to rules (physics) invented, designed and created by God,
who can function within or without nature according to his wishes. Life
exists only because God created it. It is impossible for life to originate
on it's own. The processes which exist today have commonly occurred in the
past, however, the catastrophe called Noah's Flood was a real, one time
event caused by God that occurred within the rules of nature but beyond
common occurrence.
Allen
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