"Supernatural Swindle" Materialist Map-Model of spirituality = Maladaptive Stereotype "Spirituality is unreal" since "Spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses." (W R. Miller, C E. Thoresen):=fallacy as "Death" then is a figment of imagination vs Proper knowledge maps the real world." K Gergen
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description: "It is not true if the major premise is not true" – Justice Rehnquist  The "Supernatural Swindle"
I asked my Filipina partner - who is Catholic - if God is "supernatural." She replied "Yes". I pointed out that Jesus Christ never once used the word "supernatural" in the Gospels and briefly described how Jesus Christ described his Model of the Holy Spirit as I do in the following section and compared that to the "supernatural" model. After discussing the issue, she agreed God did not "unequivocally equate" to the "supernatural" – which is why I call the "supernatural" concept a swindle.
The word "supernatural" is a materialist term which has no definition being "beyond the scope of science" The Merriam-Webster Dictionary states "1 Of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe 2 departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature." The "supernatural" is an unscientific concept and utterly meaningless. In fact, the "supernatural" is a "loaded term which automatically makes that a "fallacy" – specifically the "Definist Fallacy" On top of that the "supernatural" concept comes with "baggage" and conveys a meaning entirely different from the gospels - such as magic, powers, crystal ball prediction, etc. 
Jesus Christ in the gospels never once used the word "supernatural" and emphasized worshipping God in "spirit and truth" (John 4:23-24), "spirit is truth" (John 5:6) and the Holy Spirit as the "spirit of truth" That is why I say the "supernatural is a swindle" It is a widespread maladaptive stereotype. For example, dictionary definitions of prophecy often refer to "supernatural beings" – which, historically – in light of Old Testament Biblical Prophecy not true. 
The same is true of "myths." "Dictionary defines myth as "a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events." Merriam-Webster, however defines myth as 2 a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone especially one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society – or - b an unfounded or false notion. The idea of myths "embodying ideals" dovetails into my essay written about "Myths as Symbolic Maps of Social-Moral Order and Social Consciousness – as well as Durkheim's Social Forces. That being said, the maladaptive stereotype of myths and prophecy as "supernatural" is widespread and prevalent in western culture. However, as Justice Rehnquist observes "It is not true if the major premise is not true" I have set out a bri8ef sketch of the Holy Spirit as described in the Gospels. 
The Holy Spirit in the Gospels: 
The synoptic Gospels, generally have less to say about the Holy Spirit than the gospel of John. The Gospel of Mark has the least to say and mentions the Holy spirit only six times. Like all the Gospels, Mark highlights baptism by the spirit as the hallmark of Jesus. In fact, that is the highlight of Mark's writing about the Holy spirit – that the work of Christ is superior and better precisely because he baptizes in the Holy Spirit, not just water.  Luke mirrors what Mark says in Chapter 24 verse 49: The "promise of the Father" is the baptism of the Holy Spirit." 1 John 2:27 says "the anointing which you have received of him abides in you" (1 John 2:27). The metaphor for "baptism with the Holy Spirit" became in "Christianity" a pivotal aspect of "Christ." The metaphor takes the idea of purification of the human body through baptism with water and extends it to purification of the human spirit by baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Point of order Models/Maps: Beyond the scope of strict materialist-quantification methodology, human consciousness revolves around models. 
a.	K Gergen emphasizes that "proper knowledge maps-models" accurately reflect the actualities of the real world, including the symbolic, the spiritual, and the social.
b.	"To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model!" Iain McGilChrist
Spirituality is unreal! Flawed Materialist Map-Model of Spirituality
The materialist approach, with its rigid adherence to quantification and measurable data, creates a distorted and incomplete "map-model" of spirituality, and generates the maladaptive stereotype that "all spirituality is unreal." 

The Core Materialist Argument = "Death is a figment of your imagination"
The Definist Fallacy: The psychologists, William R. Miller and Carl E. Thoresen, state in their article, "Spirituality, religion and health: an emerging field of research": "A philosophical basis for this perspective is materialism, the belief that there is nothing to study because spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses." - which creates the illusion and the fallacy that "spirituality is unreal" which is widespread"