>The argument against Christians using the notion of "supernatural"
>that I have heard, is that supernatural is not a biblical concept.
>The argument says that because the bible doesn't distinguish between
>natural and supernatural, neither should we. Now I don't feel
>comfortable with this. I feel that logically there really is a
>difference between the natual and supernatural. Yet I'm not sure what
>to make of this argument about supernatural not being biblical. Any
>thoughts?
The distinction that you make between things that occur normally and things
that require invoking God for adequate description is biblical. Pharaoh's
magicians recognized the plagues as supernatural (Ex. 8:19), Mary (Lk.
1:34) and Joseph (Mt. 1:19) knew that virgins do not get pregnant
naturally, etc.
David C.