in the equations. Everything must be explained in natural terms. All that can be understood about the past must be delved from the examination of present processes and scientific reasoning. Anything even hinting of a miracle, anything that cannot ultimately be explained by natural laws, must be rejected. The one absolute is that there is no supernatural involvement by a deity of any kind. Oh, it is generally accepted that one can be agnostic about the possibility of a being or a mind of some sort