Has The Supernatural Hypothesis Failed?

String theory and N-branes don't explain the supernatural. Mental illness, which has a far higher incidence in any population than accounts of any supposed supernatural doings, explains the "supernatural."To reiterate - people don't see aliens because of 10 spacial dimensions, they see aliens because they're hallucinating.

Which makes it all the more surprising how easy they are to refute. "Prophecy" is a mug's game, Buz. Even the Greeks knew that, four thousand years ago. And prophecy is even easier when you can write the prophecies down after the fact and pretend they came before - ala the Bible. Don't you think any putative "state for Jews" would have been located in the Middle East and been called "Israel"? When you know about the prophecy and work to make it happen in some form, that's not prophetic. There are a lot of other books. Some more recent. Maybe you could check them out? Right, I mean they've only devoted their lives to the study of theology, whereas you... are what, again?I've long known that it seems to be endemic to creationists to reject the very idea of expertise, but I had no idea that their rejection extended to their own co-religionists. There's really no one at all you're prepared to consider more knowledgeable on a subject than yourself, is there. Buz? Unless of course they already agree with you?

But your lack of evidence gives me a reason to disbelieve you, if I choose. A dog that hunts is something I may decide to just take your word about, but then I may not if you have a history of prevarication and dishonesty. Without evidence it's my choice. We don't have to "know everything" to know when a proposition hasn't been supported by evidence.

Could you run me through the logic, here? Show your work, I mean?This seems like a jump to conclusions, frankly. Is your evidence that it is not logically impossible that no one has yet proven that it is logically impossible? That's not a logical proof, that's a fallacious argument from ignorance.

Oh.I thought that since you were saying "logical" this and "logical" that, you might have actually done some logic.Well, carry on.

Why wouldn't the scientific method of observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and communication be able to be applied to potentially supernatural phenomenon? Be specific. If science has no way of dealing with the supernatural then how would scientists even recognize the supernatural to be able to say "oops, supernatural! Better not try science this time."Let's say that one obtuse scientist doesn't get the memo and tries to apply the scientific methods of investigation to Mentok, the Mind-Taker:widely recognized for his swingin' dinner parties, sharp judicial acumen, and of course his supernatural powers of mental domination.Explain precisely what goes wrong when science is applied to this supernatural phenomenon. Be specific.

Supernatural abilities aren't spells and don't trigger attacks of opportunity, but they are suppressed by anti-magic fields. They aren't subject to spell resistance and never require Concentration checks. The saving throw DC for a supernatural ability is equal to 10 plus one-half the caster's hit dice, plus their key ability score modifier.