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Oct 15, 2021 at 11:47 comment added user50422 @OneGodtheFather - Probably of interest regarding the definition of the word miracle: Do miracles violate the laws of physics?
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Oct 15, 2021 at 8:42 comment added kutschkem Can this be answered? If miraculous healing is very effective, but also rare, what should the answer be? Anecdotal evidence? In that case it seems the answer to your last question would be NO, but the answer to "Is this actually the case?" would be YES. Jesus even raised people from the dead, so did the apostles. But very, very rarely. Rare instances might be hard to capture well with statistics, and to discern as not just being random noise. But maybe I am wrong here and there are good statistics, so who knows.
Oct 15, 2021 at 5:49 comment added Only True God Consider. Let's say Moses and the Jews following him crossed the Red Sea because of tidal action combined with wind that just happened to open up a shallow area they could cross for long enough for them to get across, and then promptly swamped the pursuing Egyptians. Explicable in terms of natural sciences. Miracle?
Oct 15, 2021 at 5:30 comment added Only True God So the question isn't whether something is a 'miracle'. The question is whether it really happened. If it did, 'science' includes it.
Oct 15, 2021 at 5:28 comment added Only True God "according to the 'miracles' tag's definition, miracles are actions of God not explained by normal laws of physics, chemistry, biology, or the natural sciences." I don't like that definition! The healing of various people in the NT very well may be explicable in terms of physics, chemistry, or biology (at least in some future form). They're still miracles. 'Natural' sciences are actually just the study of cause-and-effect. The ontological distinction 'natural-supernatural' doesn't actually exist within science!
Oct 15, 2021 at 4:49 comment added user46876 Does that mean there is no meaningful difference between IPhones and Macbook Pros? - What a deep existential question, if there ever was one...
Oct 15, 2021 at 4:16 comment added user50422 @Lucian - how does having a same author render the differences meaningless? Apple is the author of both the Macbook Pro and the IPhone. Does that mean there is no meaningful difference between IPhones and Macbook Pros? What is your definition of 'meaningful'?
Oct 15, 2021 at 3:47 comment added user46876 There is no meaningful difference between miracles and non-miracles, since God is the author of both. It's like someone who only knows you in your work suit comes to your home, and he's never seen you in your pajamas, and thinks that's odd, for some reason.
Oct 15, 2021 at 3:09 comment added user50422 @Lucian - then what is your definition of miracle? EDIT: according to the 'miracles' tag's definition, miracles are actions of God not explained by normal laws of physics, chemistry, biology, or the natural sciences.
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Oct 15, 2021 at 3:07 comment added user46876 Within the Christian worldview, healing (just like existence itself, for that matter) is always considered to be the work of God, regardless of whether its object is aware of the latter's existence or not. Trees, for instance, are completely unaware of anything, including themselves; and there is no such thing as a religious vs. secular watering of their roots; yet, their growth is considered to be the work of their Creator.
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