There are many miricles (events that defy the physical laws of the universe) in the Bible. Why try to defend or discredit any of them based on being physically possible? People often argue about genetics and incest in reference to Adam and Eve. People argue that there is no evidence for a worldwide flood, or that all the animals could not have fit on Noah's ark. But Jesus' healings are taken on their own, unexplained, statings. Why confine the belief in anything at all, for that matter, in the entire history or future of the world, to physical explaination?
2006-12-07 05:59:19 · 10 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are right. Some spiritual miracles have no physical explanations.
2006-12-07 06:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For knowledge to exist, three things MUST be held true:
1. Math & logic are valid. Truth-value is inherantly a logic related issue. If logic is not valid, the truth-value of a fact could never be known.
2. Observations, unaided and aided, are valid, though aided observations must be supported by previous unaided observations and mathematics. A microscope, for example, is valid because the transition from unaided to aided is smooth, trading off field-of-view for resolution, and is based on the mathematical principles of optics. If such observations are invalid, we could never have data on which to determine facts and truth-values.
3. If the supernatural exists, it has no interaction with the natural realm or any observable fact. If it did, no fact could be held to be permanent either across space or across time. The god of gravity might decide that yesterday, the gravitational constant of the universe was too high and retroactively lower it. Without this permanence, knowledge could not exist.
You can have your miracles, but you must then deny every fact on the planet, including your own knowledge of those miracles; this is a contradiction. Since miracles lead to contradiction, they are false.
2006-12-07 14:05:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a physical explanation of how moses parted the red sea. And there is evidence to support the story did happen. Which begs the question, "what are the chances that the red sea just happened to part right when the jews needed it to to escape pharoah, and closed in on pharoah once they were through?" Ramses was found and seems to have drowned BTW>
ITS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE ON HERE THINK THEY ARE CLEVER BY QUOTING AN EPISODE OF SOUTH PARK.
2006-12-07 14:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by vanman8u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not accept much of the Bible (especially Old Testament) as metaphor? Also, there is no such thing as the supernatural---just unexplained events and situations for which we currently have no valid scientific point of reference or understanding, although we do have sacred science which will come to the fore as time goes by.
Stay tuned, folks...
2006-12-07 14:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Darlene G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
since we,people, want to believe sth that has to be sth that bigger than us. because we always want more and more about anything. if sth is supernatural, it's a thing that we can not reach. then knowing that somewhere someone is supervising us make us more like robots. and this made use of for the heads in history. and they used it. you see?
2006-12-07 14:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by zoe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it makes sense? Disprove the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or the invisible pink unicorn... have fun!
2006-12-07 14:02:26 · answer #6 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
And some biblical "events" require heavy use of narcotics and /or alcohol to believe.
2006-12-07 14:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by JRob 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why do we try to figure God out? He isn't like us. We can't understand the God (totally). We are human. We are not perfect; we are not all-knowing.
2006-12-07 14:01:28 · answer #8 · answered by CuriousGirl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You believe, like the rest of us, what you want, ok friend?
2006-12-07 14:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by samaustinashlee_billiewjr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God makes the rules(science) that control this univers.... if God want something to happen it will happen.
2006-12-07 14:02:02 · answer #10 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋