(July 8, 2015 at 7:32 pm)Easy Guns Wrote:(July 8, 2015 at 7:28 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: I think that genuine miracles could happen among non-Christians and that this would still be compatible with Christians beliefs and claims.
There is still only one God, and He loves ALL people, Easy, so I have no problem with Him deciding to raise a dead person or heal a sick child in a miraculous way.
He's taking all of us, even you, where we're at and trying to draw us closer to Himself.
Many teachings and writings throughout human history depict gods and messiahs very different from yours performing various fantastic and supernatural things.
The question was, do you believe these gods exist(ed) or not?
And I answered appropriately.
No, the gods themselves did not exist if they were not identified as a single creator God; they were attempts at understanding, and the charge of "God of the gaps" would rightly be applied to those efforts.
However, if and when people acknowledged a single creator of all that exists, then they were worshipping the true God and not images and idols. Muslims and Jews, for example, worship the true God even though they do not recognize the Trinity.
Throughout the course of human history, the one, true creator God has revealed Himself to mankind in various ways - which may include the performance of miracles even among those peoples who do not really know Him.
