Naturalism Vs Religion

1. Atheistic Naturalism is founded on the premise that it was an accident that human life was created, or just dumb luck.

Scientific Naturalism and Christianity are possibly the two most contradictory worldviews that are in our culture today. They are also the two most difficult to understand by one another. There is very little about these two worldviews that they have in common. They are a vast amount of ideas and beliefs held by adherents of each that are different. In order for these two worldviews to successfully co-exist in society, it is important to understand, accept, and learn from each one.

One thing that ponders almost all who live is what happens after one dies. There are multiple theories about life after death, or the absence of it, many dependent on one’s religious beliefs. However, this is also a question philosophers have faced and come up with theories for. Bertrand Russell, a well-known philosopher from the twentieth century, has a theory on the matter. His theory on life after death, in standard form, is as follows: There is a strong correlation between brain states and mental states. In particular, the correlation between brain damage and impairment in mental capacity. So, probably all the mental states and capacities that we associate with a particular person are ontologically dependent on the continued functioning of that individual 's brain. So, if one 's brain ceases to function, then one 's mind ceases, as well. If you survive death, then your mind must survive. But, brain functioning ceases with death. Therefore, you will not survive death (Zelinski “On”). The argument is valid but some question whether it is sound. Russell 's argument is sound because the third premise, if one’s brain ceases to function, then one’s mind ceases to function, is true; the fifth premise, brain functioning ceases with death, is also true; that all leads to the conclusion, your mind will not survive death, being true.

“In truth, the ‘dead being’ can see nothing but ‘dead things’ and must therefore worship ‘death’ instead of ‘life’.” Because of that stunning ‘Cosmic Ignorance’, believing that ‘The Universe’ is a ‘LIFELESS COLOSSUS’, terrestrial humans live in Disharmony with The Laws of Life, disregard own Eternal Identity, practice Egoistic instead of ‘Universal Love’, and glorify ‘Killing Principle’. As philosopher George Lucacs defined the prevailing mental condition in our civilization as “Spiritual Emptiness”. Therefore, one cannot be surprised with the false outcome regarding this Paramount Life Riddle. (Quote from ‘LIVETS BOG’ Vol IV, chapter

The certainty that an indispensable part of one's self endures after the decease of the physical body is called the afterlife. The belief in extinction after death is in contrast with the conviction in the afterlife, which many perceive as supernatural. In Christian religion they believe that human can be reborn into the same world with different identify they will begin an new cycle all over again for them (Gray 14). They believe that this rebirth and death continues until the individual gains access to the spiritual dominion. According to the biblical aspect of life after death, the demise of an individual

“…nothing in the theory or practice of religion-not ritual, not prayer, not metaphysical belief, not moral commitment- necessitates a commitment to traditional theism. In other words, one may be religious while rejecting supernaturalism.” (Cahn) Throughout Religion Reconsidered by Stephen M. Cahn, the philosophy behind naturalism is examined. Cahn describes naturalism as a religion devoid of supernaturalism, and states.

A lot of us have asked ourselves the question what happens after death. After we ask this question to ourselves we don’t really go much into depth about the question we simply ignore it and go with our daily routines. Roach Mary, a scientist, says, “we have all wondered if there is an afterlife, but only a few are brave – or foolish – enough to try and find out.” There are many theories and ideas on what happens after death, some backed up with research and data and some are just plain silly. After researching many ideas, I came upon 3 ideas that caught my attention. One of these is published by THE JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, it is a Philosophical series by Sylvia Hart Write. The other is an article by scientist Mary Roach. Lastly The 21 grams Theory by Dr. Duncan MacDougall. These 3 articles share similarities and differences, like one is more spiritual than the other and one is more scientific. After analyzing them and reading these articles profoundly I saw which were the “silly” articles and which article made the most sense and was backed up with evidence and research. This great question has created a large amount of curiosity in many scientists. Adam Withnall from independent.co.uk states, “It’s a question that has exercised humanities finest minds since those humans have been around to have them – and has been recently the subject

Naturalism is about bringing humans into the “natural world”. We, as humans, are seen as aspects of nature collectively not separate like they once were. “Naturalism holds that everything we are and do is connected to the rest of the world and derived from conditions that precede us and surround us. Each of us is an unfolding natural process, and every aspect of that process is caused, and is a cause itself ” (“A Guide for Naturalism”). Humans are like “animals” they contain the same drives that animals have. They are just plain “natural”. Many authors express naturalism in their writings such as Kate Chopin. She expresses a naturalistic view on sexual drives which classify her as a

Popularizing the claim that naturalism and evolution are mutual self-defeaters, Alvin Plantinga argues, in Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (1993), that given unguided evolution, our beliefs have no intrinsic relation to the truth.

As defined by philosopher Paul Draper, naturalism is "the hypothesis that the natural world is a closed system" in the sense that "nothing that is not a part of the natural world affects it"(Keith Augustine). Naturalists believe that nature is all exists, and non-natural things like God, spirit, and should do not exist. I believe that there should be a supernatural power, and I do not think that life is all physical persuasive. Although the growth of technology and science help human to investigated the natural causes and find the reason for them, merely still there are so many unsolved problems that scientists have not found answer for

The concept of life after death has been around practically as long as life itself. Our beliefs about life after death can have a profound effect on our attitudes toward life. Most individual's beliefs about life after death are directly related to their cultural or religious affiliations. According to Montagu, "Of all the many forms which natural religion has assumed none probably has exerted so deep and far – reaching an influence on human life as the belief in immortality" (1955, p.15).

Naturalism is a scientific aspect to examine the meaning of life. All life has started with the Big Bang 15 billion years ago. This position suggests that the meaning of life can be found by the origin of life. However, as scientific fact shows that there is no time and space before the Big Bang, life is determined as meaningless.

Naturalism is a philosophy which emphasizes “the effect of heredity and environment on human nature and action” (Zhang) and incorporates realism to “suggest that social conditions… and environment [have] inescapable force in shaping human character” (Zhang). Furthermore, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Natural Philosophy explains that to Naturalists, “reality is exhausted by nature, containing nothing ‘supernatural’, and that the scientific method should be used to investigate all areas of reality” (Papineau). Naturalism (in literature) is an idea that suggests everything about humanity is measurable, detectable, manipulatable, and traceable to a cause, and therefore the characters of Naturalist literature would be illustrated as simply the products of their environments; vessels devoid of spiritual guidance or fate that are subject only to their environments. An example of a Naturalistic novel is The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton; a novel set in late 19th century New York that follows Lily Bart: a young woman who was born rich but is slowly losing both her societal status and her money whilst she repeatedly avoids marriage, her only option to escape her fate: a life of poverty. With this in mind, The House of Mirth is an exemplary example of a Naturalistic novel because of its portrayal of characters as the product of their environments.

Macbeth is a Tragic Play written in 1606 by a well-known writer William Shakespeare. This play revolves around Macbeth’s quest of becoming the king of Scotland in which Lady Macbeth is also equally involved. As there are many themes in Macbeth from which one of the major themes in this play is Ambition on which the complete play is built up, In Act 1 scene 2 captain brief’s Duncan about the Battlefield, how Macbeth chopped Macdonald’s head on the Battlefield and how Macbeth Defeated Norwegian Army and won the battle, this was Macbeths first Impression In the Play as a Brave soldier who can do whatever needed to defend his country. Later in Act 1 Scene 5, Lady Macbeth enters while reading a letter written by Macbeth, as she reads the letter

Like many other countries of the world, Bangladesh government has also three organs; and the three organs are the combination of the government of Bangladesh. These three organs are the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.