Marie
At 02:37 AM 12/24/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>David McFadzean wrote:
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>> I think the assertion (tentative of course :-) "the supernatural
>> exists only in minds, myths and memes" is reasonably definitive
>> of the CoV and sets us apart from most religions. I would also
>> hasten to add that this in no way implies that the supernatural
>> is irrelevant or has no effect on the world. Agree or disagree?
>
>Agree. (And although I might want to remove the "only", I think it should
>stay. For "line in the sand" purposes, if nothing else.)
>
>But you might realize that most people will not assume that "God" falls
>into the "supernatural" category. (Some might even argue that God is
>herself a natural phenomena.) The average reader (present company
>excluded, of course) reads "supernatural" as a specific set of beliefs
>(ESP, Astrology, voodoo, etc.) rather than simply as "beyond the natural
>world" or "outside of the natural sciences". You may need to expand the
>term in order to make the meaning more explicit.
>
>"The supernatural, be it spirits, souls or Gods, find their existence
>solely in myths, memes and the mind."
>
>-Prof. Tim
>
>
Marie
Marie L. Foster
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