Studying the supernatural

Instead of writing notes in the sky with the Stars (big dipper?) how about He uses me to tell you about the Gospel and saving power of Jesus? That is pretty simple and to the point, isn't it?

But it's not noticeably more supernatural than a Muslim telling me about the Koran.

How do you know that? You havn't even begun the journey INTO the supernatural yet. You are just looking for signs first. Im your sign right now. You can study me.

I can. You aren't doing anything supernatural. You're posting on a website. Anyone can do that. I can do that.

I admit, you fooled me. I thought for a second we were having a discussion. I fell for it. Nevermind then.

The two are not mutually exclusive. You are having a discussion with me by posting on a website.But this is not supernatural.

I think you'll find that Chuckles couldn't find an answer to your request for a way to differentiate him from any other poster (let alone a supernatural poster) and so he instead cried foul.Edited by Panda, : No reason given.

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You know very well what Dr.A meant. He pointed out that there's nothing supernatural in what you are saying. Anyone can make supernatural claims on the Internet, it does not however constitute a base for studying the supernatural. For example, if I told you I've got an invisible and undetectable cat that is living in my house, how would you study the supernatural from those claims?
That's pretty dishonnest to take a short phrase out of context and make fun of it instead of addressing the point.Edited by Son, : No reason given.Edited by Son, : No reason given.

You did all of that yourself. You got yourself through the hard times and it is a damn shame you refuse to take credit for it.

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Given that we know the cause of thunder and are even able to predict where and when it will occur with some accuracy are you really saying that Thor cannot be discounted?

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Well, not completely discounted, but knocked pretty far off his pedestal. It still might be Thor that creates lightning, but our ability to have lightning happen at our will means Thor is subject to our desires.Thus, we are gods to Thor. When we command him to send lightning, he must obey.Yes, it is possible that Thor is not completely under our control and every now and then throws sparks at his whim, but that does not stop us from having the ability to cause lightning to strike. If Thor is what causes lightning and not some "natural" process, then he is beholden to us.

But this is absolutely and undeniable false, Chuck.Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.What goes around does not come around. Giving generously to charity will not protect me from being laid off. Feeding the hungry will not protect me from an earthquake, or a tornado.Suggesting that "what goes around comes around" means that, when something bad happens, that person deserved it because of some prior wickedness. But we know that people are murdered, people die or are horribly maimed in car accidents, people get cancer, loved ones are taken, and natural disasters happen every single day. What horrible wickedness did the victims of Hurricane Katrina or the 2008 tsunami commit to deserve such a fate? All of them deserved it? What terrible act "came around" for the victims of the Haiti earthquake?What of the architects of the Great Recession, the banking executives and managers who orchestrated the subprime lending crisis and scammed the entire economic system with their designed-to-fail derivatives? Not a single one of them is in jail, none of them have been struck by lightning, and most of them have continued to receive multi-million-dollar bonuses as their victims reap the consequences in their stead.What misfortune befell the Bush and Obama administration officials who authorized, committed, and continued institutionalized torture and indefinite imprisonment? What "came around" to those who lied to perpetrate the war in Iraq, who are responsible for thousands of innocent Iraqi dead?What terrible retribution has been handed out for the Catholic pedophile priests, who molested and raped children in their care and were protected from prosecution by the Church, who are even now still avoiding prosecution in most cases?The concept of "karma" is a myth, Chuck.Or do you claim instead that all accounts will be settled in the afterlife, where conveniently we cannot check?