Supernatural-ness-ity

(Whoops lol I wrote most of this like, 2 days ago but forgot to post it.)

Firstly: what is supernatural?

- being above or beyond what is natural, that is to say, unexplainable by natural laws or phenomena
- pertaining to ghosts, goblins, deities and other unearthly beings

Am I a skeptic? No. At the very least, I think "aliens" are supernatural (they're unearthly) and I believe there are aliens somewhere. I'm the sort of person who believes in the statement "Just because there isn't a better theory, doesn't mean you have to accept this one." But, I think this theory is actually plausible. As humans, we have so much information from our five senses that we tend to rely on it, and disregard anything that cannot be seen/heard/touched/smelt/tasted.

However,
Just because it isn't raining at the moment, doesn't mean it never rained.

You have to use your own knowledge. Of course, in this example, you would have used your senses sometime before to decide it was raining, so all you need is your memory to believe that there is such a thing as rain.
Then, what about all the chemistry stuff we've been learning? You can't use your senses there, only trust that the syllabus and other people's conclusions are correct, and your own logic.
Going one step further, with supernatural stuff, there is nothing but controversial evidence, and your own logic/beliefs.
And if a god exists? Again, controversial evidence, and your own logic/beliefs.

Basically, that means that in order to believe in the supernatural, you have to have a little faith. Conversely, that would make a person who didn't believe in it faithless (at least when it comes to supernatural phenomena). Faithless? That's usually a negative word. Doubt. Skeptic. Is it a bad thing to have to see something to believe it? I definitely thought so when I was younger - after all, in books, children with their imaginations and open minds were experiencing new lands at the top of the Faraway Tree every day while their rude, skeptical cousins laughed and shredded their lace petticoats on the slide. Did these children believe in fairies because they were open minded and they found it made good sense, or because they blindly believed everything put in front of them?
Hard to say.

These days though, the thing about people who doubt that repels me is the fact that they seem so cold.. if they don't want to trust you despite you not having done anything to lose their trust, why would you bother with them? Well, do they doubt because they are close minded and think that nothing you can't sense makes sense, or because they are trying not to be apathetic?
Hard to say.

Second question: Are you afraid of ghosts and spirits and the possibility that they might exist?

Well, if I saw a ghost, or the whole doors opening and closing thing, I would be really scared, because I'm a total wuss when it comes to that sort of thing. I scare myself when I see my own reflection in the middle of the night :) and I would never say 'Candyman' three times in front of the mirror in the dark.

*sudden image of Jennifer Love Hewitt taking a photo with her special camera at night and seeing herself surrounded by ghosts*

Then again, if I saw a ghost during the day, I would be less scared. Night = 4 senses working. Day = 5 senses working. So, if a ghost during the day could prove to me that it was more or less harmless, that would be okay. I'm not afraid of the possibility that ghosts exist, just that I don't want to die yet and I don't really want another way to be killed.

And after you die... (this is going into Yujie's comment)

Why do people want to believe in an afterlife? Because their own life is so bad that they want something better. Because they can't bear the fact that there is nothing after this, that death is permanent. Because their religion dictates it.
*insert other*

I don't know that there is an afterlife. It partially seems to me that it's just an excuse for people to not have to make the most of now, because there's something more. People with a definite death deadline try to make more use of their life than those without, as a general rule. Some religious people sacrifice a lot of their own life to get into heaven. Ahh well maybe they don't see it quite like that, but still. Can they honestly say that they fulfilled everything they wanted to do in life whilst keeping in line with heaven's expectations?

You live your life by what you believe. And a belief cannot be proven. That's what makes these things supernatural.