(September 16, 2019 at 7:08 pm)mordant Wrote: More relevant to my mind is that there inherently CAN BE no evidence for an invisible, supernatural being. Such a thing would be outside the natural world and totally inaccessible anyway. If a god is not supernatural (or becomes part of nature by interacting with it), then it is part of the natural world and can be understood like anything else in nature. If it's supernatural, well, that's a useless and illogical concept, which means you can't even concoct and describe what would serve as convincing evidence for such a god hypothesis. A natural (non-supernatural) god is just a very powerful sentient being whose activities could be examined and assessed ... and that's not happening, either.
Absolutely. In that particular response, I was talking to FA about the concept of a soul, but the idea of something being supernatural is so silly. If supernatural means "outside of nature," then why even talk about it? Why even discuss something that cannot be observed, explained or tested? That's as good as saying:
How do I really know that what you see as blue is the same as what I see as blue?
There's just no answer to some questions, yet. And that's okay. I wish people were more okay with accepting that.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.