Hash Out A New View of Methodological Naturalism?

First, what goal are we trying to achieve? Theologically, the distinction between Creator and creation is unproblematic (unless one is trying to shoehorn in creaturely co-creation, but fortunately we’re not BioLogos!).

The problem seems to me that of trying to map that distinction to a conventional understanding of methodological naturalism, when the definition of both “nature” and “naturalism” seems more informal than robust in current usage.

I’ve no clear idea of what “nature” is - and even less idea when, in MN, we’re committed to acting as if nature were not created (ie, as if metaphysical naturalism were true).

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