(December 7, 2014 at 4:42 pm)Heywood Wrote: Thor, I addressed this already. Events which happen over and over again are not miracles. Events which happen over and over are just the way the world works. Miracles are unrepeatable one off events....they are special. That is what makes them miracles.
I does not follow that just because this "miracle" occurred nearly 400 years ago that it must not have happened. That thinking is errant.
An event that happens "over and over again" can most certainly be a miracle! A miracle is a violation of physics or natural law. If every time an airplane was about to crash, the plane became suspended in midair a few feet off the ground, allowing all the passengers to get off... that would be a miracle no matter how many times it happened. And the fact that your alleged miracle happened almost 400 years ago is reason to doubt it, because it's impossible to verify. Remember... extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
