(October 1, 2019 at 8:20 pm)Inqwizitor Wrote: natural, no, because nature is limited to space, time, matter and energy. Neither a being nor a process, but whatever it is that causes anything to be.
No one can really know if this is true or not. We know only about a very tiny portion of this whole wide cosmos (whatever it may be like) that we can only surmise or postulate what could be the best explanation for this and that, but we could be missing a very important chunk of information (and chances are we are) that once we become aware of that, we realize it's not that nature is limited to such things as "space, time, matter and energy", it's that this is all there is and that they collectively account for all else in existence. Given our current knowledge, I don't even see why we need to go beyond that for the time being.
It's fine to have a belief, a tentative provisional viewpoint on matters like this, but let's not confuse a strong conviction about our beliefs with knowledge, and let's not even have such a strong conviction.
