RE: Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural
April 10, 2018 at 5:49 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2018 at 5:50 pm by Angrboda.)
(April 10, 2018 at 10:53 am)SteveII Wrote:(April 9, 2018 at 8:23 pm)Bahana Wrote: Can you test a hypothesis about the supernatural? I've heard people argue on both sides of this. I've heard you cannot because you can use a supernatural being as the the explanation for anything if you think it is all powerful. I've also heard certain things like an amputee growing a limb back after someone prays for them in the moment would be good evidence. Where do you forumers stand on this?
A few things wrong with this.
1. You are making a category error. You cannot test the hypothesis of the supernatural with natural tools. You can observe the supernatural. You can infer the supernatural. You cannot apply a scientific test to the supernatural.
What can you infer from it? If you can't connect the dots between the supernatural and any supposed cause, such as God, then the supernatural can't be used as evidence for a specific cause. Out go all the miracles of the bible since you apparently can't link them to God. The supernatural then becomes simply the unexplained.
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