Original sentence: This religion is unusual in that the deities and other phenomena associated with the religion, though treated as supernatural, can also be understood as beings in the material world accessible by scientific observations
Edited sentence: Many of the "supernatural" seeming elements within the Bajoran religion are based in fact, often backed with scientific theories, and thus can be considered natural rather than supernatural.This religion, unlike so many others in the galaxy, is unique in that the deities associated with the religion are actually tangible beings known to exist within the scientific world, rather than existing merely as folklore and legend