(September 7, 2016 at 12:05 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(September 7, 2016 at 11:58 am)Whateverist Wrote: Just going to bump this Huggy because I'd really like to know if you think of the 'supernatural' as something forever unexplainable by natural means or if you think of it as something which so far is with out natural explanation. My impression is that many theists think of it in the first way, as though God just operates through pure intentional magic for which His will is both the way and the means. That is what I don't buy. If there were gods I would assume they are savvy to some know how that escapes us. Your thoughts?
Exactly. And taking it a step further if I could, how does one go about distinguishing between the two? By what methodology does one differentiate an unusual natural event with a yet-undiscovered natural explanation, from a "supernatural" event with NO natural explanation?
As a great philosopher once said:
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At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
