Atheist VS Naturalist - the latter sounds more appealing to me...

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An argument from ignorance would be more like "I have never seen anything supernatural. I don't know how it could work. Therefore I conclude it's impossible."

The fact that we are ignorant of how the supernatural would work may constitute evidence against the supernatural, depending on the model you're using to interpret things. But as a logical argument it's not sufficient.

First we would have to have a reason to show the supernatural existed at all, that there was sufficient reason to engage in a non~material world as even a possible explanation. Which 'model' as you call it people use, really is irrelevant. Not knowing an answer to something is not evidence of anything period.

To ask for evidence or proof is not a prior, to believe you know the answer, or who has the answer is. Theism has a prior of god is in control, so even if i don't have an answer, then god does.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism...losophy%29


Atheism describes people on RELIGION's terms (it owns most of the word, literally)....the only problem I can see with describing myself as a naturalist from here on out is that some people might think I go hang out at the beach butt naked...this could be quite witty though, thinking on, so no bad really! Thoughts?

Maybe it depends on the situation.

You know what they say "The word atheist shouldn't exist" just like there's no word for people who disbelieve in the existence of a teapot in orbit around Venus, but because there's the intolerance and tension between religious people towards people who are not the same faith (or no faith at all) this word exists. So use the word that religious will understand when they want to know where you stand in position toward their God.

I generally say 'I am not theist' I can see see confusion in their eyes and is almost always followed by the question 'what do you believe then'.
It's as if they cannot image not having some kind of belief of the beyond, or that an alternative theory is needed.