I believe our affinity to nature is because we're a part of it.

   I also don't believe there is anything unnatural; even our very
   thoughts are natural, whatever they are, as they are the product
   of nature as well.

   Am I using nature as a synonym for God?

   In my systems, it's just an automatic synonym. God = Nature =
   Nature = God.

   For others, there's a complicated bunch of theology and it gets
   a little strange.

   I believe things happen. I believe we're a part of things.

   Accidental or deliberate? If Laws of Nature is synonymous with
   God is the equations (from a mathematical perspective), I have
   no problem with that.

   But, such is word games.

   So, I remain agnostic. I accept synonymous usage of words as
   equivalent-enough, but without exactitude and without the
   baggage attached.

   Once the baggage is added (or implied by the reader), then I
   have to say, "No, that's not what I mean".

   So, I stay agnostic.