On Naturalism


               I prefer to call myself a Naturalist rather than Atheist for the reason that "God", at least in the Western world-view, is always equated with the Supernatural that is to be believed in strictly due faith. And when faith is being justified the believer sets out to prove the supernatural.

               But if you "prove" the supernatural the Supernatural is no longer supernatural but natural phenomena. If indeed there was an over-arching Being of supreme knowledge and power outside the world of phenomena I would still believe in Naturalism because such a Supreme Being could only be known as natural phenomena.

                And if you were to explain gravity to a primitive tribe in the jungle, they would think that this natural force of gravity was but a god.