(May 31, 2016 at 4:35 pm)SteveII Wrote: I curious, why wouldn't "natural world" just be those things that consist of the stuff (physical matter) the universe is made out of and the interaction between that stuff according the the laws of physics? Supernatural things are anything that is not made from matter (existing apart from the universe) and supernatural causes are the causes on the natural world worked by such supernatural things.
Well, most people think that is exactly in what the natural world consists. I, personally, find that to be inadequate, especially when the inadequate distinction is applied to actual interplay between divine action and human action... again, just me. It's an artificial and reductionist distinction which ignores the actual words being used (and their philosophical and theological histories).
