A miracle is is something that happens that the current society is not able to replicate and/or understand yet.
So the miracles in the Bible were valid miracles cuase other than Jesus,nobody knew how to replicate natrually the things that Jesus was doing.
Like if if someone via the power of God created a black hole that everyone aroud can see,then that would be a miracle cuase currently noone,not evan scientist know how to create and control a black hole.
Agree or disagree?Explain why?
2007-01-25 11:54:34 · 18 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The definition of a miracle is not something that people can't replicate. A miracle is something that creates wonder. It comes from "mirari," the same root word as "admire."
If a person does something impossible, but no one sees it, then it wouldn't be a miracle. On the other hand, if something is completely possible, it can still produce wonder, and be miraclulous.
So a stone turning into gold, then back into shale before it's dug up isn't a miracle. But Gandhi's or Martin Luther King jr.'s actions turning people away from violence can be considered miraculous.
2007-01-26 15:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Bad Day 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree.
The miracles of the bible were unexplainable to people of that time, but they were understandable.
If Jesus cured someone, everyone knew what it meant to be cured, and now, we could definitely have cured them.
This won't be long, just pay attention for one second. I was researching molecular particles, and there are these things called anti-matter neutrinos. Neutrinos are these super small things that shoot around THROUGH everyone and everything. Millions of them shoot through just about everything in the universe. they hit something every light year or two. Anti-matter is the opposite of matter and if anti-matter hits matter, then they both become energy, exploding.
Billions of anti-matter neutrinos fly through us every day. Their explosions are too small to affect us at all. But it's so easy for say, one thousand of them to explode at once, changing something.
My point is, that G-d IS doing everything and without breaking the laws of science (be it chemistry, biology, or physics).
It's called a miracle if, say, a four foot man makes it onto a professional basketball team, as well as if somebody is quickly cured of AIDS.
Actually, if it wasn't so expensive, not to say dangerous, scientists would already be trying to create small black holes, right now.
"A miracle is is something that happens that the current society is not able to replicate and/or understand yet."
The emphasis is on the YET.
Good luck, Peace.
2007-01-25 20:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by husam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then by your logic, if I can do something that you can't do and can't figure out how Ive done it, then I've created a miracle? Sorry, that's what is known is a magic trick.
Also, you've picked a very poor example by using black holes. #1 Scientists do know how to create one, but for reason number two probably wouldn't #2 If you were close enough to peer into the black hole, you wouldn't be alive as the gravitational forces would pull your body apart atom by atom.
2007-01-25 20:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think scientists DO know how to create a black hole. Having sufficient matter to hand to make it is another matter. It's also not a terribly Good Idea.
I think a better definition of a miracle is any suspension of the laws of physical nature to produce a desired and specifically asked-for end. It seems reasonable to expect it to be associated with a religious experience: for instance, if a convicted child killer suddenly found his cancer cleared up without ever asking Jesus to cure him, we can put that down to One Of Those Things That Nature Sometimes Does.
And that seems to be the explanation for everything else. Make the White House hover over Paris by the power of prayer - I'd call that a miracle. Bring Princess Diana back to life - likewise.
Anything else has a rational explanation.
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2007-01-25 19:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
a miracle is a controlled phenomenon that breaks the laws of science. black holes are feasable. therefore, no miracle.
now if someone walked OUT the black hole (actually impossible), provided they were not aided by antigravity etc, that would be a miracle
2007-01-25 20:07:59 · answer #5 · answered by Pope Barley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess what you are asking is: is a miracle a miracle to God since he knows how to do it?
Wow . . . you sound about 15 yrs old
2007-01-25 20:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by Clark H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A miracle does not actually mean that something is impossible. Its just not available to us with our current technology.
2007-01-25 20:00:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree.
I would qualify that by saying that even things with scientific explanations can and are done or created by deities. So even if a "miracle" gets explained away by science, a deity may still be responsible for it.
2007-01-25 19:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by Huddy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wha kind of black hole are you talking about ? What is it for ?
Please be more specific, so that we can answer your question better.
Basically, if the miracle(especially the one that no scientist can do) would be good for human being, I would agree.
2007-01-25 20:07:52 · answer #9 · answered by afortunado 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that anyone other than Jesus has ever caused a man blind from birth to be able to see. They're talking about restoring sight by technology, but Jesus didn't need technology to heal the blind man. He just spoke to him after making some mud and anointing the blind man's eyes with it, and when the man did what Jesus told him to go and do he was able to see.
2007-01-25 20:03:07 · answer #10 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋