The second thing that should be said regarding this
meaning of the supernatural is that the surprising and frightening phenomena are really no different in essence from what is generally called «natural».
The element of truth in this
view of the supernatural is the obvious fact that religious experience is only possible to beings with mental or spiritual capacities, i.e., to human beings.
He probably is, but he has gotten thousands, maybe millions, following his teachings in the
truth of a supernatural being without any evidence at all.
A «group of drunks» that atheists talk about has nothing to do with the
concept of a supernatural being intervening in your life being regarded as something other than atheism.
Lead actor Robert Pattinson is no stranger to celluloid
worlds of supernatural beings, as he played the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Sure, there are isolated enclaves of holdouts, defending literature as they know it from the
onslaught of supernatural beings, but most of the reading public seems to have developed an insatiable thirst for stories featuring the undead.
It's imperative, too, that we understand that the presence
of the supernatural is not sufficient to indicate a message is actually from God (see Deuteronomy 13:1 - 3; 18:15 - 22).
If you're not going to put the actions
of any supernatural being into logical question, by what method would you use to determine if you've been duped?
Religion provides no solutions to problems of human nature or anything else because religion is based on a false premise to begin with, that is a false belief in the existence
of supernatural beings with power over us and the physical universe.
Let people know that you fear the
revenge of a supernatural being that has never been proven to exist, and who does not care if you are good, only that you are loyal.
He has been attending at worship in the Temple, and remains there in meditation, his eyes upon the still smoking altar, and the bizarre carved
figures of supernatural beings which we know to have adorned the building.
The concept
of the supernatural is culturally derived from an innate cognitive schema...» The scientific evidence for his position comes from an analysis of studies done on children that show that their innate way of viewing the world is in terms of «design, function and purpose» - making them, in effect, «intuitive theists.»
Second, I have never claimed that as a human I will have the answer for everything, but the one answer I will never use is «if I can't understand it, it must the
doing of a supernatural being».
What is experienced, Christmas Spirit theology alleges, is not the intervention
of a supernatural being slipping down the chimney on Christmas Eve, but a mysterious universe whose origin and destiny remain hidden yet which encompasses moments of communion and compassion such as touch even the most cynical at Christmastime.
The YHWH of Israel, who was also the God and Father of Jesus Christ, does not belong to the ancient
order of supernatural beings who can be neatly described by man's carefully chosen words.
One of its leading exponents, Sir Julian Huxley, defines a humanist as «someone who believes that Man is just as much a natural phenomenon as an animal or a plant; that his body, mind and soul were not supernaturally created, but are all products of evolution, and that he is not under the control or
guidance of any supernatural being or beings, but has to rely on himself and his own powers.»
The question whether Jesus actually existed is entirely irrelevant, because, even if he did, there is no reason to assume he was the
spawn of some supernatural being.
The fantasy
tales of supernatural beings and happenings are not proven to be valid and are perhaps useful only as daydreams and emotional (spiritual?)
With its many repeated plot points and an ever - increasing
roster of supernatural beings, it doesn't seem to be aging as gracefully as its immortal vampires.