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2006-09-21 07:21:49 · 17 answers · asked by Mary C 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Miracles do happen today, but most go unnoticed.
2006-09-21 07:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
FAQ: Why aren't more miracles done to convert people to Christianity?
"When only a miracle leads a person to acknowledgment of God and to adoration and piety, he acts from the natural and not the spiritual man. For a miracle infuses belief by an external and not an internal way, thus from the world and not from heaven. The Lord enters man by an internal way, by the Word and by doctrine and preaching from it. As miracles close this way, no miracles are done today" (Divine Providence n. 131).
Man is not brought by external means to think and will, thus to love and believe what pertains to religion, but the man brings himself and compels himself to do so. Self-compulsion is not contrary to rationality and freedom. (Divine Providence n. 129).
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
-- Rev. 3:20 KJV
Miracles do not induce faith. "That miracles are of this nature can be clearly established from those performed in the presence of the people of Judah and Israel. Although they beheld many miracles in the land of Egypt and later at the Red Sea and others in the Wilderness and particularly on Mt. Sinai when the Law was promulgated, nevertheless, in a month's time while Moses tarried on that mountain, they made themselves a golden calf and hailed it as Jehovah who had led them out of the land of Egypt (Ex 32:4-6). Again, it is plain from the miracles done later in the land of Canaan; nevertheless the people fell away time and again from the prescribed worship. It is equally plain from the miracles which the Lord did before their eyes when He was in the world; yet they crucified Him. (Divine Providence n. 132).
2006-09-21 14:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, because when GOD gave them miracles centuries ago they refused HIM then so honestly it doesn't matter. Besides why do people need miracles for proof. The false messiah will flood the earth with his so-called miracles so he may deceive everyone. So miracles as you are suggesting really don't make a difference. the sun rising from the east and not colliding with the moon is a miracle. what else do you need.
2006-09-21 14:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by mimi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miracles does still happen today. I have seen healings, food multiplied, cars run without gas, incurable cancer reversed, even someone literally raised from the dead. You just have to open your eyes and look. They are all around out.
Would they believe? Maybe with their head. but God is after their heart. They can still acknowledge (believe) that a miracle happened, but not put their faith and trust (believe) in the One who did it.
2006-09-21 14:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don’t think so because honestly there are miracles that happen all the time even if they aren’t worldly known.
Unless someone raised from the dead , like say if Steve Irwin was raised from the dead then I think people would believe more. If someone who had been paralyzed for years suddenly was able to walk etc.
2006-09-21 14:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Spread Peace and Love 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most people would be inclined to believe if the miracles happened today like they did back then.
2006-09-21 14:24:17 · answer #6 · answered by thegirlsnextdoor2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. The Bible tells us that tons of people saw (literally witnessed) Him doing miracles and they did not believe. Why would today be different? In the story of the Rich man and Lazarus, the Rich Man is begging Abraham in Paradise to send someone back to this realm to WARN them of the torment to come...Abraham tells him if one rose from the dead they would not believe....and then ONE did rise and they did not believe!
We must believe with faith and very little hard evidence. It is an appeal to TRUTH of precepts and concepts, not belief with the eyes, belief with the heart and mind.
2006-09-21 14:29:27 · answer #7 · answered by DA R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course, if miracles happened it would cause people to believe in the supernatural. But I think they are just lies.
2006-09-21 14:25:02 · answer #8 · answered by WONT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miracles happened back in the day, and people still didn't believe.
What do you classify as a miracle.
For me, waking up, breathing, and having a heartbeat everyday is a miracle.
Childbirth is a miracle.
2006-09-21 14:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by Casey M 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Miracles happen every day...just look around you. People will always believe in what they want to....real or fiction.
2006-09-21 14:25:44 · answer #10 · answered by Roxton P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The day that someone actually performs miracles as described in the bible, and can repeat those acts under controlled conditions, is the day I will no longer be an atheist.
According to the bible, Christians can raise people from the dead and walk on water.
Still waiting..............................................
2006-09-21 14:30:53 · answer #11 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋