Naturalist Supremacism

The belief that naturalism—the view that only natural entities, causes, and explanations are real—is not just a useful methodological stance but the supreme metaphysical truth, superior to any form of supernatural or spiritual belief. The naturalist supremacist holds that any claim about spirits, gods, or non‑material realities is automatically false and that those who hold such beliefs are intellectually deficient. This attitude dismisses entire religious and indigenous worldviews without serious engagement, often while claiming to be simply “following science.” It is a form of metaphysical colonialism.

Example: “He declared that any belief in non‑physical reality was ‘primitive superstition’—naturalist supremacism, dismissing millennia of human experience as mere error.”

Naturalist Supremacism by Dumu The Void April 18, 2026