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We don't need an alternative for something that is itself not indicated by the evidence. We don't need an alternative to fairies, so why need invent an alternative to God, when there is not even good enough evidence for it in the first place? Supernatural entities are taken to exist on faith, not based on evidence. Had people had evidence, they would not give faith as the reason for holding the beliefs. Faith is the excuse that people give for something for which they do not have a sufficient reason. This is why faith is fundamentally hostile to reason. All that methodological naturalism says is that we cannot investigate the supernatural, we cannot confirm supernatural causation (at least currently), therefore we are going to limit ourselves to the natural realm and seek only natural explanations. And haven't you noticed, that for every successful explanation knowledge (science) has given us, the answer has always consistently been natural. So I don't even see the use of the concept of the supernatural. It is a useless term in science. It is completely disregarded. Science is about discovering nature. Faith is nothing but gullibility disguised as a virtue, and it is fundamentally dishonest. It is not a pathway to truth. It is a defunct and invalid excuse for a reason.
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