wesmorris
12-19-02, 12:10 PM
I would contend that "Supernatural" is a horrible word. It should be revoked.
This is because I think that nothing is not natural. Everything is natural. How could it not be? It may not SEEM natural, but doesn't mean it isn't. It is natural, but cannot be explained. *shrug* Just talking trash as usual.
reformedtopunk
12-19-02, 10:16 PM
well, to define supernatural, we first have to define the term natural. What makes something natural? When it occurs without human intervention? or is human intervention a natural process within itself? For example:
men killing other men. this may not be the best example but i'm tired an not working right. Do men kill other men naturally, or is it by human interventions (ie, overpopulation, technology) that we strive to end anothers life?
wesmorris
12-20-02, 11:52 AM
Hmm.. I'm not sure here, I'm just trying to explore the idea. I thing the idea of "natural" basically should mean "anything that exists or happens in reality", that is to say, it is that which happens and is "true" outside of an individual's mind. Supernatural seems to me to describe "that which appears to be magic" per my attempt at defining "natural". Again, just playing around with this.
I guess a lot of words seem polluted. As if they were created to define things but they were polluted over time to include other related things that make them into non-statements. Ya think?
reformedtopunk
12-20-02, 08:11 PM
too true. i think one of the biggest problems in communication is that nearly everyone seems to have a different idea of what different words mean.
younique_angel
12-20-02, 11:29 PM
I personally checked with Mr. Webster, and he has confirmed that ....
YOU, Wesley, are the true definition of Supernatural......
DOH!!! Maybe he said you were THE....
Super-Natural.......FREAK!
I personally believe that "Supernatural" is better defined as "Spiritual"!
.....but then what do I know?
younique_angel
12-20-02, 11:35 PM
Why wouldn't you want to be just to all Women and courteous to all Men as well?
Wouldn't we all get along better if we were just and courteous to all Humans?
reformedtopunk
12-24-02, 09:54 PM
whats cervantes have to do with anything?
wesmorris
12-24-02, 09:57 PM
I guess what I'm getting at is that, to call something supernatural seem to be saying "that can never be understood" whereas I think that's a horrible way to think. It should be natural but "I don't know what that is yet". That is a much better way to think because it more closely resembles how reality appears to be.
whats cervantes have to do with anything?
This:
Why wouldn't you want to be just to all Women and courteous to all Men as well?
Wouldn't we all get along better if we were just and courteous to all Humans?
Slacker47
12-25-02, 03:09 AM
I would contend that "Supernatural" is a horrible word. It should be revoked.
Especially after Carlos Santana ruined his career with that disgustingly horrid album Supernatural... what was he thinking?