How can we scientifically test the supernatural?

[Petros2015]

How?

I guess take the plant outside the created universe somewhere.

 

[pitabread]

I guess take the plant outside the created universe somewhere.

So in other words, "no".

 

[Petros2015]

So in other words, "no".

None that I can think of. If the universe is created, I would consider it to be a part of God's intervention. It's not a testable hypothesis.

 

[Doveaman]

Well, does God produce sunlight?

Yes, God is the primary source of energy from which all forms of energy emerged, including the sun's energy.

Can it be tested with respect to the hypothesis listed in the OP?

Of course; plants require the sun's energy for healthy growth.

God-energy = Sun-energy = Healthy plant growth.

 

[pitabread]

Yes, God is the primary source of energy from which all forms of energy emerged, including the sun's energy.

How could I scientifically test this claim for validity?

 

[Doveaman]

How could I scientifically test this claim for validity?

Many features attributed to God from the beginning of time are now being attributed to energy by scientists:

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
God can neither be created nor destroyed.

Energy can change form but still remains energy.
God can change form but still remains God.

In the beginning the heavens and the earth were formed from energy.
In the beginning the heavens and the earth were formed by God.

There seem to be no real distinction between God and energy.

In the beginning there was energy.
In the beginning there was God.
In the beginning there was God-energy.

God-energy, therefore, is the primary source of all forms of energy.

This would also explain the expansion of the universe by the force of God-energy, just as predicted in scriptures:

"This is what the LORD says...My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts" - (Isa 45:11-12)

To scientifically test this claim for validity is to find the fundamental source of all energy, because then you will also find God.

 

[pitabread]

There seem to be no real distinction between God and energy.

Then it's just semantics. Oh well.

 

[Doveaman]

Then it's just semantics. Oh well.

Nope, it's energy.

Energy is real.

Find the fundamental source of all energy and you will find God.

CERN is a good start.

 

[pitabread]

Nope, it's energy.

Energy is real.

No one is doubting that energy is real.

Rather, it's this:

Find the fundamental source of all energy and you will find God.

Where you equate the "source of all energy" with "God". That's just semantics.