natural theology
noun
theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
natural theologian
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a word derived from
natural theology.
Example Sentences
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I read Scott, who was such a natural theologian that he really thought the story of Phaeton—of the wild steeds dashing across the sky—corroborated the story of Joshua having stopped the sun and moon.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
What would the natural theologian have to say, were the first theory true, save that God’s works are even more wonderful than he always believed them to be?
From Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley
Its relations to the question of design belong to the natural theologian, or, in the larger sense, to the philosopher.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
"That well constructed edifice," says the natural theologian, "cannot be a mere lusus naturæ, or chance combination of stones and wood; it must have been erected by a builder."
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Hugh Miller
Similar instances may be gleaned by the natural theologian from nearly every part of the geological history.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
