Swamidass is Inescapably a Philosophical Naturalist

You said:

“I’m sorry, Joshua, but this shows confused thinking. I defined Philosophical Naturalism as “the belief that God does not exist or cannot be known to act in the material world.” If you believe that it is impossible to know that God has acted in the material world, then you are, by definition, a Philosophical Naturalist. I don’t see how it is possible to escape this.”

What!? You need to redefine naturalism. Which can be difficult to define. Draper’s is the best. Not thinking God’s action is detectable by the sciences in no way entails metaphysical naturalism. That’s absurd. No metaphysical naturalist, I was one for a long time, uses anything like your definition.

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