RE: The Problem with Christians
March 3, 2016 at 6:52 am
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2016 at 6:55 am by AJW333.)
(March 3, 2016 at 6:03 am)robvalue Wrote: Yes, the distinction is that you want to make the unknown sound more mysterious than it is. You want there to be a supernatural. It doesn't mean there is.its not that I want there to be a supernatural, I'm simply pointing out that the supernatural exists, ie there are events that really do take place which are outside of, or in violation of natural law. life from non-life would be one such event.
It may be natural, it may not. Concluding that it's not, because it's currently unknown, is the argument from ignorance.
concerning the argument from ignorance, I don't think you understand what I'm saying. If we have natural laws that define the way things work and something completely violates that law, this isn't just an "unknown," but according to the dictionary definition, it is something supernatural.
(March 3, 2016 at 6:33 am)pocaracas Wrote:How would you define the word "supernatural?"(March 3, 2016 at 6:29 am)AJW333 Wrote: So the dictionary is wrong?
Did I correct you on the definition of "supernatural"?
Or did I provide a reason for the existence of the word?