Is String Theory Supernatural?

This is a terrible argument. Our universe is a representative of the physical laws NOT the actual physical laws. The laws of physics aren't limited to what is found in this universe. As is always said, a tweek here or there and the universe would be different, and a multi-verse system would be how the many variations are represented.I don't think it makes sense to say that something can "exist" outside of any physical laws, be it the ones our universe is bound by, or another variation of them. To "exist" is to be bound by some kind of physical laws.Something that isn't bound by some kind of physical law/s simply doesn't exist. Anyone claiming they've experienced something like that is delusional.- OniEdited by onifre, : No reason given.

Manipulating the line makes it blurry.

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: of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe; especially : of or relating to God or a god, demigod, spirit, or devil

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This is a messy definition for two reasons.First, beyond the obsevable universe is still more universe - it is only beyond observation from our place in the universe. As we understand the expansion of the universe, eventually everything will expand beyond an ability to observe it from Earth.Second, none of that above information is "of or relating to God or a god, demigod, spirit, or devil" since those things are the subject of fictional books, stories and mythology.A better definition of the supernatural would be, "something that isn't bound by any physical laws."- OniEdited by onifre, : No reason given.

So then, string theory doesn't qualify as a theory about the supernatural, since it's a theory about the nature of the laws of physics.- Oni

A part of this universe and all universes that spring up in a multi-verse system. So string, or better yet, m-theory explains the multi-verse and the variations of physical laws that each individual universe can have. All the dimensions are still part of a set of physical laws. None of this is supernatural unless someone misunderstood what string/m-theory was actually saying.Just a minor quibble: No additional time dimension is require. So for an 11 dimenion string theory, there's 10 space and 1 time. But cavediver has explained, and this is beyond my knowledge, that he has worked on higher dimensional string theories of upto 26 dimensions. I don't know what all that math even looks like so I could explain further.- Oni

There are so many holes in your scenario from what I see. This being in a parallel universe, it is also governed by the laws of physics that establish his universe, right?Did this being ONLY create the living things on a single planet in our universe or did the being create the entire universe (e.g. planets, galaxies, blackholes, etc.)...? In other words, did it create everything or just the living organisms on one planet? How? How did this being communicate all of that information about Jesus? Through some kind of magical ability to communicate or does the being have some super technology that it is able to do it with? - because if it's a technological ability and this being is also bound by a set of physcial laws, then none of this is supernatural. We would need to know how this is done. Again, if it's just technology then it's probably super cool but not supernatural. One last question. Is this being that you are calling a god, living in this other universe, is it just another evolved biological organism that has reached a level of super technology that is able to create universes and set in motion the laws of physics? Because if it is, it's super cool but not supernatural.- Oni