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What is Supernatural?

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What is Supernatural?
ErGingerbreadMandude Offline
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What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 10:29 am
What do you think is supernatural? 
Why do you think it is supernatural?
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 10:29 am (This post was last modified: September 2, 2015 at 10:51 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
Google says the definition of supernatural is:

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So it says supernatural is attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
Objectively speaking,everything can be scientifically explained.
Subjectively speaking,everything cannot be scientifically explained.

I'm going to go with the latter since humans are not *God* and we cannot view the universe as some *outside* viewer.
So,am i not supernatural to ants? Because ants cannot explain me scientifically? 

Then arises a new question,about science specifically.
Objectively speaking,it's almost true that science can explain everything.(I went with almost true because i'm open to the possibility that our subjects may has some faults)
But can our science explain everything? The answer is a big No. 
Can ant's science explain humans? The answer would be a no.
Can Human's science explain themselves? The answer would be only up to a certain extent,but we are improving and we are learning,we are just no there yet.

I've had Aristocatt argue that if a plane were to fly on earth hundreds or thousands of years ago that wouldn't count as supernatural.
And he is right,objectively speaking.Nothing is supernatural is the universe is viewed from the point of view of an outside viewer or some *God*.But we aren't that outside viewer are we?

So what is Supernatural? Is the definition that Google provided me faulty? If it is not,doesn't that mean that everything is technically supernatural? I'm really confused.I hope someone can clear this for me.
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 10:31 am
Magic fairy foo foo jesus dust with extra sprinkles is the answer you are looking for
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 10:35 am
Bullshit.
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 10:38 am
(September 2, 2015 at 10:35 am)Minimalist Wrote: Bullshit.


In so many words.
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 10:39 am (This post was last modified: September 2, 2015 at 10:41 am by Alex K.)
It's not a well defined concept because the laws of nature and scientific understanding change. It would be a phenomenon which by definition can never be characterized by an understanding of any kind. I'm not sure that's a definition compatible with the concept of existence.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 11:03 am (This post was last modified: September 2, 2015 at 11:04 am by Ben Davis.)
(September 2, 2015 at 10:39 am)Alex K Wrote: It's not a well defined concept because the laws of nature and scientific understanding change. It would be a phenomenon which by definition can never be characterized by an understanding of any kind. I'm not sure that's a definition compatible with the concept of existence.

^^^this

The 'supernatural' is basically 'anything magic'. I'm an asupernaturalist.
Sum ergo sum
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 11:14 am
My daughter's favorite television show.
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 11:43 am
To claim there is "some force beyond scientific understanding" seems kind of a moot point. Since science isn't magic so there are bound to be gaps in our knowledge of reality due to limitations in methods, information, time, resources, and the human mind. Not really the conclusion supernaturalists want to hear.
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RE: What is Supernatural?
September 2, 2015 at 12:36 pm
(September 2, 2015 at 11:14 am)Divinity Wrote: My daughter's favorite television show.


She needs to start watching person of interest.



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