According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be influenced by something from outside - like God, for example.
“I worked with a man named Patty Crane who was Errol Flynn's stand-in back in the '30s in Hollywood.”
“Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.”