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[Serious] Opinions on paganism?
Gawdzilla Sama Offline
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RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 8:54 am
(November 4, 2023 at 8:43 pm)LinuxGal Wrote:
(August 17, 2023 at 1:43 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Even more to the point, nature intervenes, and the sacred is immanent.  Gods, even for those who believe in them, tend not to be supernatural.  A god isn't over nature or in nature and beyond nature.  It -is- nature.  When a god blows, that's the wind at work.

If we detect anything that is super natural the "super-" prefix instantly drops away and it is added to the set of natural things.

In the same way, if we detect something in a parallel universe the "parallel" cancels out and it is instantly considered part of this universe.

You can't detect supernatural things.

Quote:su·per·nat·u·ral
/ˌso͞opərˈnaCH(ə)rəl/
adjective
(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
"a supernatural being"
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#32
RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 9:29 am
(November 5, 2023 at 8:54 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 4, 2023 at 8:43 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: If we detect anything that is super natural the "super-" prefix instantly drops away and it is added to the set of natural things.

In the same way, if we detect something in a parallel universe the "parallel" cancels out and it is instantly considered part of this universe.

You can't detect supernatural things.

Quote:su·per·nat·u·ral
/ˌso͞opərˈnaCH(ə)rəl/
adjective
(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
"a supernatural being"

That definition doesn't specify beyond perception, it specifies beyond understanding or natural law.

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#33
RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 9:29 am
(November 5, 2023 at 8:54 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 4, 2023 at 8:43 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: If we detect anything that is super natural the "super-" prefix instantly drops away and it is added to the set of natural things.

In the same way, if we detect something in a parallel universe the "parallel" cancels out and it is instantly considered part of this universe.

You can't detect supernatural things.

Quote:su·per·nat·u·ral
/ˌso͞opərˈnaCH(ə)rəl/
adjective
(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
"a supernatural being"

Why not?
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#34
RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 9:33 am
Quote:You can't detect supernatural things.

Sure you can. What about a baby's smile?
"Imagination, life is your creation"
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RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 9:39 am
(November 5, 2023 at 9:33 am)Ahriman Wrote:
Quote:You can't detect supernatural things.

Sure you can. What about a baby's smile?

That's usually gas.
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RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 9:49 am
(November 5, 2023 at 9:39 am)LinuxGal Wrote:
(November 5, 2023 at 9:33 am)Ahriman Wrote: Sure you can. What about a baby's smile?

That's usually gas.

Well then where did the gas come from? It wasn't always there.
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RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 9:55 am
(November 5, 2023 at 9:49 am)Ahriman Wrote:
(November 5, 2023 at 9:39 am)LinuxGal Wrote: That's usually gas.

Well then where did the gas come from? It wasn't always there.

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RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 4:58 pm
(November 5, 2023 at 9:29 am)Angrboda Wrote:
(November 5, 2023 at 8:54 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: You can't detect supernatural things.

Why not?

I did post the definition for review.
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#39
RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 5:19 pm
(November 5, 2023 at 4:58 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 5, 2023 at 9:29 am)Angrboda Wrote: Why not?

I did post the definition for review.

The definition gave no reason why they are not detectable.
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RE: Opinions on paganism?
November 5, 2023 at 5:28 pm
(November 5, 2023 at 5:19 pm)Angrboda Wrote:
(November 5, 2023 at 4:58 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I did post the definition for review.

The definition gave no reason why they are not detectable.

They're outside the realm of natural science and therefore chimera.
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