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Date/Time 22 Aug 2014 5:07:29am
The difference between the supernatural and the natural, is time. What we take for granted today, a lot would be classified as supernatural by the best minds 300 years ago - space flight, for example.

The concept of gravity explaining the rotation of planets around stars, would be dismissed by the greatest minds 2000 years ago, due to gravity being an invisible therefore supernatural force. They had natural explanations for the motions of the planets around the sky, all completely hogwash but very natural. To them.

The atheist calls for a natural explanation for everything, because it allows them to sleep better. But that assumes we have all the tools needed to accurately explain the universe and even our own mind in natural terms today. We didn't have those tools 100 years ago, so what's so special about 2012 that we suddenly have them?

We can know that the theories espoused by the author of this article are hogwash, without having an alternative "natural" reason for morallity in humans. The only attraction of his flawed argument is it gives some comfort to atheists looking for certainty. The author would be better served taking your advice and saying "I dont know".