RE: First things first
June 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2013 at 12:08 pm by Whateverist.)
(June 25, 2013 at 11:42 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: You might think that God created a strictly natural universe where we don't have to be scared of hauntings and we get one shot at the brass ring. Or you might not believe in any god but still believe there's some natural mechanic behind consciousness that survives the death of the brain.
Hey, let me have a turn steering this hijacked thread. Looks like fun! But first let me bid a cursory hello to BadWritersParty and welcome him to ours.
I wonder how most people interpret "natural" versus "supernatural". To me, if gods exist, they and everything they create are natural. They would still be magical so long as we can't guess the mechanism of their doings, but if such exist they are part of the landscape of the great what is. It does no good for us to arbitrarily draw a circle around part of what exists and label it natural. It is much better to set forth prepared to bestow the title of "natural" upon everything we encounter. I haven't personally encountered any gods but if I do I'm giving it to them. If there be jokers in the deck, then they be part of the natural order of things, pure and simple.
I now return the steering wheel to BadWriterSparty. Where to next, boss?
(June 25, 2013 at 11:53 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(June 25, 2013 at 11:44 am)Rahul Wrote: haha I'm not making much of a claim. "Odd things" could mean most anything. I'm agnostic about what those odd things might turn out to be.
Fair enough and sorry if I misunderstood.
I personally have seen some strange things when I was a child but I attribute it to childhood imagination since no one else saw it and haven't seen anything else since. The intellectually honest thing, which it sounds like you've done, is to say "I don't know what that was".
Me too. I wonder if there would be interest in a thread on strange things experienced as small children. I would definitely be interested in hearing about yours DeistP to see how mine might be similar. I wonder if anyone has researched such things.
