[extropy-chat] Re: Re: John Wright Finds God

[Dirk Bruere]

BillK wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:06:25 -0800, Samantha Atkins wrote:
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>>Obviously such a definition of nature is not what those who speak of
>>the "supernatural" have in mind.  So it pays to ask.
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>The big problem with admitting 'supernatural' into the system is that
>it doesn't know when to stop. If you open one door to let in the power
>of god or a spirit driving you to do something, then because the only
>evidence is your testimony, everyman and his dog can also testify to
>'supernatural' events. And because the only evidence is their
>testimony, their 'supernatural' events have equal validity. See
>Occult, paranormal, psychics, etc. Humans have a great imagination and
>can conjure up gods and demons without end.
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>Look up 'Supernatural' and start with - 
>not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural
>laws, not physical or material. e.g. supernatural forces or
>occurrences or beings.
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>Now see where that leads:
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>existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
>  e.g. nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental.
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>departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to
>transcend the laws of nature, existing or extending beyond the
>physical world
>  e.g. transmundane
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>without material form or substance
>  e.g. metaphysical
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>departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to
>transcend the laws of nature, being or having the character of a
>miracle
>  e.g. miraculous, marvellous
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>not explainable by scientific methods or on the basis of normal
>experience, esp. in the mental or psychic realm.
>  e.g. paranormal
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>attributed to an invisible agent (as a ghost or spirit)
>  e.g. spiritual, spectral, ghostly, phantasmal, ghostlike, apparitional
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>suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
>  e.g. uncanny, unearthly, weird, eldritch
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>possessing or believed to possess magic power
>  e.g. talismanic
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>possessing or using or characteristic of  supernatural powers
>  e.g. magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly
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>being or having the character of witchcraft
>  e.g. witchlike
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>suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
>  e.g. fey, elfin
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>used in the art of conjuring up the dead
>  e.g. necromantic
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>Where will it all end?
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http://www.neopax.com/asatru/spirit/index.html

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Dirk

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