1 Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
SierraWasp quoting King James, 1 Corinthians 2:14 “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
That term, here translated, “naural man,” is in other translations more appropriately rendered as, “non-spiritual” or “non-Christian”.
That’s because the term “Natural man” carries a suggestion of natural-science, which was certainly never the apostle Paul’s intention.
It might also suggest someone in a “state of nature” whom we could well expect to be highly spiritual.
So, Paul is talking about non-Christian, non-spiritual people who have no experience of the Holy Spirit, regardless of their other occupations or avocations.
Sure, they could be some of today’s scientists, but also anybody else matching the description.