(April 23, 2013 at 6:23 pm)A_Nony_Mouse Wrote: But magic remains magic even if you give it the fancier name of miracle. They are still tricks even if you call them supernatural. Apollonius of Tyana did magic as did Simon Magus. Once you admit magic you can't pick and choose. And as almost all the magics worked by Jesus are the same kinds worked on god TV I do not see why you are impressed. Again why do magicians hate amputees?
The miraculous accounts detailed in scripture are not magic.
1. God upholds His creation in a uniform and predictable manner (Genesis 1 and 8).
2. At certain points in our redemptive history God alters the manner in which He upholds His creation. This is what we call a miracle; magic has nothing to do with it.