Is it human nature to ascribe that which we do not (yet) understand to the supernatural?
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It is perhaps the quickest way, to continue going about other earthly things. There is no human nature. One can either think of the probable cause to a phenomenon or just leave it, or not put it in words and follow the clearer ultra-analysis beyond words that it is true--or false.
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No, it is human nature, perception and interpretation, many of us hear what we want to hear and interpret it to our advandtage/benefit.
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I would not say we don't have a clue.\nBut I will say we do not know everything and wont ever know everything.\nI think if most believers didn't try to push there beliefs down other peoples throat's we would all live better and get along better.\nI never claim to know everything.\nI know what I believe and don't believe but I dont push it off on people and if someone ask I tell them but I dont think I should sit and preach.
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Yes.  Example, several people can observe the same incident and each will come away with a slightly different perception of what happened.  Go a little deeper - what you believe will also shape your reality.  Some folks look at a tree and believe there must be a god.  Others will simply marvel at the mystery of life.  \n\nReality is truly different things to different people.  Who really knows what reality is?  Doesn't seem to matter, each of us deals with our own reality the best we can.  For some folks, reality is so different from the mainstream that they are unable to function in society.\n\nHope this helps answer yuor question....
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This world is is full of things that are unexplainable that even the wisest man cannot explain. We might believe on some other things that might exist or not, but it all depend with us. As for the ghost, there might be such thing that exist that we dont know, however everything depend on what we believe. But I think we should trust more on our self extinct...
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just because we want to know it all . so we act as if we do, besides it is part of the human nature. and if you are relgous you would defently find the answer in the holy book . as it mostly explanes the human nature.
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The supernatural, i.e. God.
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I believe it is because people feel the need to believe in something. They need answers to the unexplained. And they need to feel that if something happens to them it is a result of some eerie fate, and not just something that happened just because.
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I have heard of ghosts but I haven't seen one in my entire life.So I don't believe in them.I think that when we are afraid of the presence of a spirit, its all in our mind and our imagination that scares us.
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We can protect ourselves with sanity towards other people and things we do not understand.  Curiosity and caution trumps fear of the unkown - or a rampant imagination - any day.\n\nWe can shelter ourselves with a rational regard for the universe and a respect for science.  Better that than give in to those who give away fear freely, and then demand blind faith in return.\n\nWe can trust in numbers havng meaning, but only in what they stand for - not as entities in and of themselves.\n\nIf the universe does _not_ create boogymen for us, _we_ should not create them ourselves to address a perceived shortage of wrongness.
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not at all. But it all depends on who you believe. If you will trust pharmecutical companies that make your pills and thier research will you also trust scientists that say that supernatural "called this for a reason" can not be scientifically explained. \nif science can not explain it then it doesnt exsist. but granted science is only recent and who knows what will on day happen, but until it is proven that death is just another demension like time and such then it isnt possible
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I think that most people that has or has had to wonder that same thing but you know I think that no matter how deep we look into things like that of what is out there that we don't know of.....so I think that there is somethings you just dont need or want to know about. there is no point in look that hard into something b/c I don't think that we'll ever find that out until that day that comes.
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No!\nthere is nothing supernatural. Everything is part of nature, not beyond or outside or "super" nature. Whatever you see in a video or believe to see has a very natural explanation - maybe  science hasn't found all the answers, but we are working on it!!!!
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Dear episodes1979,\n\nI am neither fanatical nor ignorant, and, in fact, have done quite a bit of research on what we humans like to call "supernatural" or "miraculous".\nBased on what I know, I can make the certain conclusion that the universe is not merely limited to the existence of human beings.  We are important, but we are such a minute part of the creative force or energy that seems to surround us at all times.  The greatest of scientists and philosophers will tell you that there are far greater things, worlds, ideas, and concepts at work in our world than we can ever imagine.  Certainly, if there was such enormous energy that this whole galaxy evolved, why should it be limited just to animals, plants, and humans?  The main conclusion one can come to is that, yes, there are those beings, spiritual or physical or both, that are among us in different ways and realities.  And yet there are some completely natural phenomena that early uneducated man propagated as something supernatural and now we wonder what it may be.  Ultimately, everything can be explained scientifically or mathematically, even "ghosts" or "aliens". (As a matter of fact, we have come to call them "aliens", but all that it is is just other diverse life forms, some look like us, who have evolved in other galaxies, universes, etc.)  \nIt is not a fact of whether we believe or don't believe, but rather a fact of how open minded and adventurous we remain.  When we are born, nature provides us with a great openness of heart and mind and a great adventurousness for us to develop even more of it.  How sad it is that some would rather stick to the boring, simple concepts of Life as illustrated by the fact that we reason away our natural desire to be open and inquisitive.  I hope that people who read this will get encouraged on their search for truth.  Or for those who prefer otherwise, it is your choice after all and nobody should judge you for it, I hope you will one day truly investigate at least one of those things that seem to be "taboo" in our society to support (other life forms, us as spiritual beings existing in physical bodies, other mystical creatures).  After all, no matter what the truth is, the ultimate truth about our universe will always be there, and you will only get smarter and wiser if you dare to ask the hard questions and heartfully search for answers.
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You know - this is a lot like whisper down the lane.  Let's stop for a minute and think about this stuff rationally.\n\nFrom where I am sitting, I have found that there is no devil beyond our own worst emotions - and there is no hell beyond being steeped in our own worst emotions.  As far as I can see, we humans are running the show - but more like a bunch of college students on our own independent course of study.  We come, we learn, we go - we very likely come back again.\n\nSome deaths are tragic - and some have far reaching implications like nothing else in this world.  Some deaths are welcome - there comes a time when the journey is over, don't you think?\n\nGod is a little easier to understand if you think of it as the energy that powers this existence more than some old guy in the sky using us like Barbie dolls.  We all come here of our own choosing to learn something specific, not to be coddled and live in a paradise and do nothing.  It's meant to be a challenge.\n\nPeace!
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Dear Francis B:  It is not for me or anyone to press God and His Realm upon others who do not wish to know of it.  If you will bear with me, I would like to say a few things about this:\n\n1.   As one who pursued the Intellect of my human mind most of my life and looked at all things, and felt pride in my Intellect's comprehensive ability to learn and understand , I now present to you what I learned :  The Intellect is but an exercise of mind.   Scientific theories come and go each decade.  The Sciences get up close to God and then, sadly, have no ability to mathematically formulate His Reality and Truth. To prove Him.  I would offer:  Don't rely on just the Intellect to live by.\n\n2.    Later in life, I opened up to Spirit Mind.  Nothing denominational, nothing very traditional, no dogma , and  began receiving "experiences" of Spirit. \n\n "Temporal Lobes of the Brain" is a discussion of the illusionary-type reality we experience here in the physical world.  But, you know, we are much more than just physical.  Made of something much more powerful. . .and, sooner, or later, we all come to Know.  Our Creator is not dependent upon our "belief" in Him.  He exists  - whether we choose to deny Him or recognize Him.  He looks upon what He created and listens while it turns to other creations He created and yells, "There is no God." And, He MUST think to Himself. . .how strange that is; my creation is acting as if it doesn't know me !  Yet, I AM  - and certain of myself !  Even a human father might find it a bit disconcerting -  when a child of his denies him. Same thing, really.\n\nAnyhow, spiritual or religious experiences come not from the human Intellect - but, from the soul/spirit part of Mind.  That "thing" that certainly exists, but is not reflected by the physical matter of "brain."  In thinking upon ourselves, perhaps we need to consider ourselves more in terms of a totality - rather than just one part of us as "real" and that there is nothing MORE to us.  That may be something to contemplate. . .\n\nI would like to submit to you further these truths of spiritual experience (or religious experience), as I have learned of it:\n\n1.   Spiritual or religious experience "reverses physical laws."\n2.   These experiences are often experienced during prayer or study.\n3.   These experiences undo the past in the present and release the future.  They are outside the laws of the physical world.\n4.    Spiritual or religious experiences REFLECT, therefore, the laws of Eternity, not of time.\n5.    Through spiritual or religious experience you feel God's constant Forgiveness upon you and are impelled to extend it to others.\n6.    Spiritual experiences (or religious . . .let's now use the words interchangeably) are part of an interlocking chain of forgiveness and is at work in all the dimensions of Time.\n7.    Spiritual experiences are healing because they deny absolute body-identification and affirm spirit-identification.  This places spirit at the Center of Mind where it can communicate directly.\n8.    Spiritual experiences honor you.  They dispel illusions about yourself.  They help restore your sanity.  They restore the Mind to its fullness. . .. \n9.    Spirit's strength leaves no room for intrusions.  Nothing can take the experience and its effects away from you.\n10.  By perceiving the light IN the experience, darkness automatically disappears.\n11.    Whole-ness is the perceptual content of spiritual experience.  It corrects the faulty perceptions of lack, or being separated.\n\nBest regards, Lana
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Most of the things we believe now....we do not understand them actually...take God......human emotions.......soon