No accepted definition of "natural" that you can muster will change the incorrectness of what he said.I realize what he meant. He just said it wrongly.Off topic: Sorry, I cannot agree with that. While anything that exists in nature without manipulation might be considered natural, many things that exist are not found in nature...not natural. Rayon, stainless steel, baseball, divorce papers....the list is relatively endless.Ok. I don't like the word supernatural and would prefer we just drop it. If something exists, it is natural. But if we are going to have a subject regarding belief then we do need to talk about what it is being believed. So... what do you mean by "gods"?
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I took him to mean "natural" as "part of the natural world", i.e. the world we can see and sense -- as opposed to part of the supernatural (unknown, invisible) world.
nat·u·ral
adjective \ˈna-chə-rəl, ˈnach-rəl\
Full Definition of NATURAL
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a : having a physical or real existence as contrasted with one that is spiritual, intellectual, or fictitious <a corporation is a legal but not a natural person>
b : of, relating to, or operating in the physical as opposed to the spiritual world <natural laws describe phenomena of the physical universe>
For lo, thus spake Merriam-Webster. Hominy hominy hominy.
If something exists, it is natural. <<<<<FALSE