(August 4, 2017 at 8:13 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Assuming that one is not biased to automatically rule out supernatural causes, is there anything wrong with tentatively accepting them until a reasonable natural cause is posited? Or is something only considered explained if attributed to some visible efficient cause?
I have no problem with living in accord with reality. If I see something outlandish, I'm not going to unsee it because I cannot explain it. I'm not going immediately chalk it up to a deity and call it a day. I'm going to look into the matter and see if the cause might not be hidden from my view for this or that reason.
If it turns out I cannot explain it, then that means I cannot explain it. I'm unsure why "God's miracle" should be the default here, though.