p.p.s. Terry wrote: "As far as I can tell there's no violation of any natural process when people decide to dy their hair green." This is exactly the issue - 'people deciding' is not a simple (or not simply a) natural process - it speaks to the extra-naturalness of humankind. A 'choice' is a kind of spiritual intervention into nature's process. The word 'violation' seems to come from an approach to creation and evolution, from a philosophy of science viewpoint that leads to a dead-end rather than producing a contribution to shared knowledge.
Well is that so? When my collie puppy started to swim in our local canal, she rooted around the edge and found a decent stick, threw it at my feet and stared at it and me. I concluded that she wanted me to throw it into the canal. So I did and she dived in retrieved it and threw at my feet again. Whenever we go to water she finds a stick and throws it at me as she has chosen what she wants!
Is this a spiritual intervention into nature's process? After all she made the choice not me
Michael
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