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Not all of Kaplan's writings on the subject were consistent ; his position evolved somewhat over the years, and two distinct theologies can be discerned with a careful reading.

The view more popularly associated with Kaplan is strict naturalism, à la Dewey, which has been criticized as using religious terminology to mask a non-theistic ( if not outright atheistic ) position.

A second strand of Kaplanian theology exists, which makes clear that God has ontological reality, a real and absolute existence independent of human beliefs, while rejecting classical theism and any belief in miracles.