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To: AndrewC
Of course I suspect that you too acknowledge this fact.
What I meant when I said that a natural process simply happens is that there is no supernatural entity tinkering with it like in goddidit, it simply occurs and we may (at least in principle) be able to find out why. I didn't want to imply that we should be satisfied with the fact that it simply happens. On the other hand if we accept that a deity did it we may never find out why and how that particular phenomenon occured because the supernatural is not knowable by a natural mind.
76 posted on 03/24/2002 3:37:22 AM PST by BMCDA
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To: BMCDA
On the other hand if we accept that a deity did it we may never find out why and how that particular phenomenon occured because the supernatural is not knowable by a natural mind.

Well, I apprehend your viewpoint, but also point out, from your viewpoint, that the inclusive "we" can never know everything. The same goes for the exclusive "we", there are things that mankind can never "know".

On another point, like nature the "supernatural" mind is not completely "knowable" by the natural mind, however, it is "knowable". The religious person is a testament to that.

78 posted on 03/24/2002 6:40:35 AM PST by AndrewC
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