Do you believe in the supernatural?

[Helm]

I don't necessarily mean ghosts but that's just something to post. If you do then to what extent do you believe in it? If you don't would you describe yourself as a hardcore atheist or are you something else?

[Claudius Gothicus]

Every once in a while I get a strong urge to search and find things on the supernatural.

But I don't really believe in it.

[Moorish guy]

Ghost, ghouls n goblins are out there. they are simply hiding in the dark places of the world....

[Visna]

I must admit I have a tendency to read my horoscope. And if it says something like "this is a good day to make investments" I sometimes buy a pair of shoes or something.

[Nietzsche]

I believe the human imagination has a supernatural ability to see patterns and extrapolate using association, intuition, and emotion to create a delicious variety of ideas.

[Tia]

By "supernatural", do cryptids count?

[cfmonkey45]

It's interesting, I believe in it more as a philosophical orientation rather than a practical outlook. I don't think that reading a horoscope or seeing a psychic will have any practical application, but I do think, for instance, prayer can have a reparative effect psychologically, and metaphysically, as if God is possible then it would be possible to plead a case for him, and therefore invoke intercession.

For instance, I don't believe that seeing ghosts, UFOs, or sasquatches, are normative, and I'm generally skeptical of most claims, though I am agnostic about their existence.

However, what I mean is that I find it possible, even probably, from some experiences that there could be some elements of determinism, or some schemes and motions at work that I might perhaps glean at. Apart from that, I also find its indeed possible that there could be a plane of existence and life "above" the natural order. For instance, its possible that that there could exist lifeforms that aren't made up of naturalistic particles.

I have had what I would term to be religious experiences, for instance, speaking in tongues at my parents' pentecostal church, as well as relatively interesting episodes of spiritual insight, but apart from that, nothing, strictly speaking, conclusive. I have witnessed what I would term to be miracles, but they're virtually all "domestic" (i.e. others might claim that this is just pure luck, for instance, my godmother luckily was born with an abnormally long large intestine that contributed to her recovering from stage four colon cancer this past April, which she attributes, in two instances, to divine intervention).

[Their Law]

No. I believe in the natural world's set of rules, supernatural event's by definition would exist beyond those rules. So technically ghosts could exist, but if they did they would have a natural explanation. Not 'the spirit of the dead can find no rest', rather 'a few seconds of human brain nerve activity imprinted onto the earth's electrical field' or some other weird thing.

[Ancient Aliens]

No. unless substantial evidence to the contrary is presented, then my opinion is likely to remain consistent.

[Dominicvs]

Well I do believe there must be more to life and the universe than the logical and scientific. So yes. But nothing to much. Astrology, Horoscopes, etc.. are a bunch of crap in my opinion.

[Helm]

No. I believe in the natural world's set of rules, supernatural event's by definition would exist beyond those rules. So technically ghosts could exist, but if they did they would have a natural explanation. Not 'the spirit of the dead can find no rest', rather 'a few seconds of human brain nerve activity imprinted onto the earth's electrical field' or some other weird thing.

If anything were to exist outside what we know to be the universe would it still have to be goverened by the same set of rules as the universe?

[Their Law]

If anything were to exist outside what we know to be the universe would it still have to be goverened by the same set of rules as the universe?

As soon as it hypothetically entered our universe it exists in our universe in some form and would be bound by it's laws, so yes.

[Helm]

As soon as it hypothetically entered our universe it exists in our universe in some form and would be bound by it's laws, so yes.

Say the form was just a projection into our universe or it could fiddle around with the laws of the universe from the outside. Something like that if it existed would be supernatural.

If you tried to remove anything supernatural from most religions they would end up becoming a bit unstuck.

[Manco]

I have a somewhat functioning brain, so no.

[Ó Cathasaigh]

I have a somewhat functioning brain, so no.

Ghosts, maybe. This, no.

[Tia]

Do cryptids count as supernatural?
Since no one answered my previous question.

[Ancient Aliens]

Do cryptids count as supernatural?
Since no one answered my previous question.

No. Although many Cryptozoologists are odd, Cryptozoology is a legitimate field of research that has made some scientific discoveries (i.e., the Coelacanth).

[Cúchulainn]

No.

I attend to reality, it's prettier.

[Helm]

If you believe in God, immortal souls or anything paranormal that will count as supernatural for the purpose of this poll.

[God]

I believe in hypnagogic hallucinations, camera tricks, liars and mistaking rational things as ghosts.