RE: If I were an Atheist
March 21, 2015 at 6:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2015 at 6:11 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
Supernatural: (of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
An unembodied mind that poofs universes into existence would be a good example of such an unscientific and supernatural entity.
Natural: existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.
Cars are not formed naturally any more than pizza is. But everything about pizza and cars can be understood through a natural explanation-no magical minds required. Both the material of which they are comprised and the means by which they are assembled have naturalistic explanations. All things that can be described in this way fall into the category of natural phenomena (people, ice, fire, hats, watches, glaciers, earthquakes, tornados, meteor showers, rain, planets, solar systems, etc.)
Plenty of those things were once attributed to supernatural agents such as the mind you are arguing for here. None of the previously proclaimed gods were supported by evidence, and unless you decide to provide some for your "mind", there's no reason to believe it either.
An unembodied mind that poofs universes into existence would be a good example of such an unscientific and supernatural entity.
Natural: existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.
Cars are not formed naturally any more than pizza is. But everything about pizza and cars can be understood through a natural explanation-no magical minds required. Both the material of which they are comprised and the means by which they are assembled have naturalistic explanations. All things that can be described in this way fall into the category of natural phenomena (people, ice, fire, hats, watches, glaciers, earthquakes, tornados, meteor showers, rain, planets, solar systems, etc.)
Plenty of those things were once attributed to supernatural agents such as the mind you are arguing for here. None of the previously proclaimed gods were supported by evidence, and unless you decide to provide some for your "mind", there's no reason to believe it either.