Fact fiction and the supernatural

Facts fiction supernatural

Belief in the supernatural is easily traced thousands of years into our history. It is only recently that we have come to the conclusion that the supernatural does not exist. We instead hold the belief that all unexplained events are simply science that they were not able to understand. 

This change in our beliefs is comforting and brings peace to a troubled mind scared by things that go bump in the night. I actually wonder if we simply changed the way we look at history to wipe away all we do not want to know. Sure, we scoff at the idea that the world is carried on the back of a giant turtle through a cosmic ocean. We smile when discussing the gods of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. We set each aside as an ignorant culture misunderstanding the way the world works. 

Then as a whole, we judge each of these cultures as more ignorant than our own. We place our current level of knowledge and discerning at the top of the list. In fact, we pat ourselves on the back pleased with what we see. We have arrived at such an exalted place that we no longer know what a woman is. We have truly arrived. We have surpassed the complex concepts of gender and peace. 

We might judge the rest of history as ignorant, but honestly who is proving to be the more ignorant? They blamed the supernatural for things they could not understand and struggled to find answers. We claim to know vast amounts of truths and have ceased to struggle to understand anything. Yet we claim to be superior, the pinacol of achievement. 

We might not be a plate sitting on the back of a turtle, but do you understand the mechanics of how our world travels through space? And for those of you who believe they do, where did our world come from? Or how did our moon arrive at the exact distance from our planet to achieve the perfect interaction with our planet to accomplish tides? Now for those who have a decent answer i.e., not aliens placed it there, where did mass come from? 

My point is simply this each answer leads to a new question and each question opens up a new area of study.  History is not wrong or ignorant. Yes, we might not agree with it. Yes, we might not believe things are controlled by forces we can not see. (Wait, yes, we do.) But we know for a fact that something that is currently beyond our grasp is doing far more than we currently are willing to accept. Which is by definition supernatural. Don’t let the stupid erase the brilliant simply because they use explanations that need work understanding.

Blessings.