Many unexplainable phenomena are thought of as having supernatural causes – the unknown should not be viewed in such a manner. When a person refers to the supernatural, they are pretending to understand an unknown (which is impossible). When we humans are unable explain something, we feel a need to fill that void. Elaborate ideas have been created to try to make sense of the unknown in our universe (e.g. life is so complex, must have been a god that created it). We think too highly of our ability to comprehend our surroundings. Some think that humans have complete understanding of how the natural universe works – along with being capable of determining what is outside of it; it is both arrogant and ignorant.
'Consciousness' is a good example for what is thought of as being supernatural. When the concept of consciousness is thought about – many automatically have the assumption that there is a 'spirit' – something beyond our ability to understand/perceive and not confined to the natural-universe. It is impossible to take zero-knowledge and make any claim about what it is, along with how it works. That is like having no potatoes and thinking you have enough to make fries – you can't get something out of nothing. Ask this question to a believer in spirits: "what exactly is a spirit"? They will probably say something similar to "it's a form of energy" – ask them to expand on the answer (energy could mean anything). When it comes down to it, they know nothing about what they claim to know about. The only difference between agnostics and "believers" is the level of honesty. Things which were considered to be supernatural at one time, are now understood; Things like disease, the complexity of life – even the weather was thought of as being in that category – we were dead-wrong on all of them. The more we learn, the less mysterious this universe becomes, the more we realize that our assumptions of the unknown were wrong.
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