Philosophy

Naturalism: Naturalism is the belief that nothing exists beyond the laws of nature and the natural universe. It also states that, if anything does exsist beyond nature, it does not have any affect on the natural world. Followers also don't believe in ghosts or spirits. Paul Kurtz argues that nature can be understood by the main materials of mass, energy and physical and chemical properties. The first ideas of naturalism appeared in the works of pre-Socratic philosophers. The principles and investigations of these philosophers is very similar to naturalism. Thales, who was one of these early philosophers, was considered to be the father of science. I don't agree with the main ideas of this philosophy because we have no proof that there is nothing beyond nature. I believe that God created nature and that there is more to life than the basic elements of nature even if it is beyond what we can see. I don't necessarily believe in ghosts but I believe that when a loved one dies, in a way they are watching over us. If someone survives a car crash when it seemed to be close to impossible, maybe there was someone, somewhere watching over them and protecting them. I think that maybe there is more than just "getting lucky" and that there is a reason for things happening the way they do. Maybe the things that exist beyond nature do affect us and we just don't realize it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_naturalism