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Comment 27 by AgriculturalAtheist
That's a charitable way of putting it.
"Supernatural" is the adjective. The noun is "god of the gaps".
I think Cartomancer put it best.
When someone makes claims about the supernatural, they're claiming to have an answer because nobody has an answer yet.
"Supernatural" seems to mean "what we don't know about nature yet". It has no definition, no meaning. I'd be deeply grateful if someone would provide one instead of just exploiting our traditional assumptions on the subject, based on our ignorance.
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