What is "supernatural"?

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I'm tempted to say "magic", but that doesn't really help. xD

I suppose when you get down to it, it refers to things perceived to lie far outside our normals means of explaining things. Ex: The heavens, gravity and diseases were often regarded as the workings of the supernatural prior to us gaining a more robust understanding of them.

I don't know if this epistemic-gap is necessarily the case with all purportedly supernatural things, but it certainly is rather pervasive.

I'd say magic is spot on. We use the word magic as a way of saying - there is no explanation, or, as an alternative to an explanation. How does this work? No idea, it must be magic.

This is exactly what supernatural is, to me.

It is akin to the causality argument. Theists pretend, or delude themselves, into thinking that God is sufficient cause for the universe without a material cause.

This means that on the one hand they cite causality as it works here on earth (as if that means it works that way outside space/time) and then apply it as if it incorporates ex-nihilo creation.

When you press them on how this might be the case they end up saying something that means "magic," but get very upset when you point that out.