Nature

For journal, see Nature (journal).

Nature is a term typically referring to Earth's non-human or non-man-made environment. The term literally means "beget", "begotten" (born), or, more generically, "contingent".^[1]

Genesis reflects on its beauty, to which anything man-made is incomparable.

Many believe in God after observing how beautiful nature is, or how different humans are from everything else in nature.

Nature as created order[edit]

Nature represents also God's created order. In this respect, the human behavior can be categorized as:^[2]

• a.) natural (in Greek "kata physin"), that is, in line with Nature alias created order; or
• b.) unnatural (in Greek "para physin"), that is, against Nature alias created order.

References[edit]

1. ↑ nature; ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
2. ↑ John Stott (1998). Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective. Baker Book House, 46.