Mathematical Proof That The Supernatural ExistsYou should only attempt to read this proof if you have at least read the Wikipedia pages for Descartes’ “Discourse on Method” and “Meditations on First Philosophy”, and Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason” and “Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics”.
Otherwise, it won’t make any sense – like reading a calculus proof when you only know algebra.
The one exception would be if you’re the sort of genius who can intuitively grasp an entire field from a few contextual hints. In this particular case, I estimate such a feat would require a verbal IQ of at least 150, possibly much higher.
The proof for the existence of the supernatural
Without further ado, here is the proof that demonstrates with mathematical certainty that the supernatural exists:
(To see the previous version of this proof, that did not address the possibility of supernatural noumena, click here. Version updated on May 19, 2012.)
DefinitionsDefinition 1: Noumena – Things as they are in themselves, rather than the human mind’s perception of them.
Definition 2: Phenomena – The perceptions of the human mind, rather than things as they are in themselves.
Note that these definitions do not preclude Noumena and Phenomena being identical in any particular case. In fact, any phenomena, considered in itself, would be a noumena.
Definition 3: Material – The objective, physical world. Matter, energy, the spacetime continuum. Physics, chemistry, etc.
Definition 4: Supernatural – That which has real, actual existence, yet is not material.
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Set A:1a. You cannot be deceived that your subjective experiential conscious awareness is real and actually existing.
This is proven in Descartes, and is taken here as given. It is an a posteriori synthetic knowledge based on analysis plus the experience of consciousness.
2a. Your subjective experiential conscious awareness contains only that which you are aware of (phenomena), and nothing more.
Purely analytic statement, definitionally true.
3a. Therefore, what you are aware of (phenomena) is real and actually existing.
Law used: Substitution.
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Set B:1b. You are aware of only phenomena, not noumena, except when noumena and phenomena are identical.
Analytically true. Phenomena are what you experience; so the noumena either matches exactly or is something different.
2b. The material world is pure noumena.
Purely analytic statement; definitionally true. The material world is objective and physical. (If you disagree, you are abusing the English language and your outlook is no longer properly scientific or materialist anyway.)
3b. Therefore, you are aware of only phenomena, not anything material, except possibly when noumena and phenomena are identical.
(“Possibly” because the material world is a subset of all noumena. There may also be supernatural noumena. Thus an identical noumena-phenomena pair might be either supernatural or material.)
Laws used: Substitution, set/subset.
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Set C:3a. What you are aware of (phenomena) is real and actually existing.
3b. You are aware of only phenomena, not anything material, except possibly when noumena and phenomena are identical.
3c. Therefore, experienced phenomena are real and actually existing, but are not material, except possibly when noumena and phenomena are identical.
Law used: Substitution.
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Set D:3c. Experienced phenomena are real and actually existing, but are not material, except possibly when noumena and phenomena are identical.
(“Possibly” because noumena might either be natural or supernatural.)
2d. The phenomena you experience do not resemble the material world as it is in itself (as noumena).
Patently obvious. E.g., you see an apple as bright red skin, but not the inner meat, core and seeds, much less atoms or photons or biological vision processes. If you attempt to argue that the material world actually is just as we perceive it, this is no longer scientific materialism, but magical realism or something equally bizarre. See logical expansion section for more.
3d. Experienced phenomena are real and actually existing, but are not material.
4d. If there is a noumena that is identical to a phenomena, then it must be supernatural.
Law used: Substitution. Set/subset.
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Set E1e. That which is real and actually existing, but is not material, must be supernatural.
Definitionally true.
3d. Experienced phenomena are real and actually existing, but are not material.
3e. Experienced phenomena are supernatural.
Law used: Substitution.
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Conclusion: If one supernatural thing exists, then the supernatural exists. Experienced phenomena exist. Therefore, the supernatural exists.Note that this is not a proof of the existence of God. For the evidence that Christianity is true, see the next page.
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