Outside of the box

Our spacetime continuum:

1. Define it

I'll have a go ... "Where we and all the observable stuff reside, a place governed by a set of logical physical laws"

2. Describe how something could be outside it

I don't know how to get from here to a place that is "not here", but I like to think of the "not here" place as somewhere that doesn't abide by the rules of our spacetime continuum. So perhaps in "not here" there is no inverse square law or no arrow of time; think of any physical law that our Universe abides by (or appears to be abide by) and then consider the possibility of it not existing, or being different. Perhaps the "not here" pi is different or not constant, h could be different, same with the speed of light in vacuo c. A place so "not here" that our Universe would barf it into "someplace else" were it trying to pop it's head up in our spacetime continuum. I contend that this is where supernatural events must be rooted, everything from our Universe is natural by definition.

Note: I am not drawing any distinction here between supernatural and unnatural, I'd be interested to know which word was introduced first. I don't think of unnatural as being "wrong" and supernatural as being "right" in any sense at all. Right and wrong are subjective to one's own value system, I believe that the words unnatural and supernatural are both legitimately correct at describing something which cannot be explained by nature.

dictionary.com says:

Unnatural - Pronunciation[uhn-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
contrary to the laws or course of nature.

and

Supernatural - Pronunciation[soo-per-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.

I don't believe that supernatural events should one day become natural events. eg. TV to a caveman might seem supernatural until he works out it's just technology. Although miracles are indistinguishable from technology on the face of it, I don't define them to be true miracles unless they originate in "not here". If they fail to originate in "not here", then they are just magic (by my definition) and there will be an explanation for them that is in accordance with nature.

God was around before our spacetime continuum existed and so therefore could be outside of it when he wants to. Omnipotence has the capability to be anywhere, including "not here".