Supernatural Quotes

“It is surprising how petty some of the “supernatural” miracles now seem.”

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“I am too firm in my consciousness of the marvelous to be ever fascinated by the mere supernatural.”

“Thought, as a subtle juggler, makes us deem
Things supernatural, which have cause
Common as sickness.”

“All supernaturalism is simply a scheme to enable a class of magicians called priests to live without working.”

“Religion does not complement science but preempts and co-opts scientific discourse in support of supernaturalism.”

“No natural phenomenon, not one, has ever been shown to have a supernatural cause based on objective, material evidence.”

“The most parsimonious explanation for why science has been unable to confirm anything supernatural is because the supernatural doesn’t exist.”

“I have never figured out why people want to believe in the supernatural. It’s as if they find the existence of the irrational somehow reassuring.”

““Man’s responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases” (quoting André Gide). Every step taken by science claims territory once occupied by the supernatural.”

“To explain the origin of the DNA/protein machine by invoking a supernatural Designer is to explain precisely nothing, for it leaves unexplained the origin of the Designer.”

“The eventual development of a clear concept of the supernatural in Christian theology was promoted both by dialogues with heretics and by the influence of Neoplatonic philosophy.”

“The most important of all ideas about the natural universe—that the world around us was something we could understand, rather than a magical place where events could have supernatural causes.”

“Scientific explanations are often complicated and require training and effort to work through. Superstition and belief in fate and the supernatural provide a simpler path through life’s complex maze.”

“I was a little dazed by this coincidence, but did not become terrified. It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive short cut of supernaturalism.”

“The justification for naturalism is that it works: we have never understood anything about the universe by assuming the supernatural, while assuming naturalism as a working hypothesis has moved our understanding ever forward.”

“Those people who leap from personal bafflement at a natural phenomenon straight to a hasty invocation of the supernatural are no better than the fools who see a conjuror bending a spoon and leap to the conclusion that it is ‘paranormal’.”

“If we were to accept the supernatural or extranatural proposals of anti-evolutionists, it would provide little useful information to help us understand the history and diversity of life, and it would put an end to all research into the matter.”

““Why are you so certain this is all a hoax?” Prang asked, as we slipped between the twisted bars.
“Ninety-seven percent of all supernatural events are crude hoaxes,” I said.
“What about the other three percent?”
“Clever hoaxes,” I said.”