2007-03-08 09:04:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Michael - I mean no offense but isn't it alittle absurd to say that scientist are 97 % Atheists? Where did you get that statistic? I'm sure they don't all disclose their religious convictions to the public.
2007-03-08 10:15:58 · update #1
emucompb... - I wouldn't call a jet landing a miracle. I'm talking about a full fledged miracle like someone without a hand getting prayed over and then all of a sudden they have 2 hands.
2007-03-08 10:18:55 · update #2
Just as the bible says; The man was in hell & asked Jesus if he could go back & tell his brothers the'Truth',
Jesus answered him 'But they do see the miracles I do & I have already told them of whats to come & they do not believe me (our Messiah), how then will they believe you?
Miracles are done & happening all the time, & the near misses etc that we do not see or even realise God held us up all the way through it.. We also tell non believers the 'Good News' but sometimes to no avail, but what unexplaiable joy it is to see someone 'Believe'
.....And all the Angels in Heaven rejoice when just one sinner repents!
Amazing Grace
When someone asks me 'But how do you know Gods there, if he showed Himself I might believe'
I ask them to put thier hand out & I breath on it. then say
'you didn't see that did you? ..No, but you felt it right?
Like God I can't see Him but I sure can feel Him'
...........Blessed are those who do not see, yet believe!
2007-03-08 10:24:26 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'd be better if God just told me he exists.
The term "miracle" has been watered down quite a bit. Yes, multiplying fish and bread to feed the multitudes is pretty impressive. And if someone wants to today, he could duplicate that miracle. Well, it wouldn't really be a miracle, as he would already have the bread and fish there, but he can make it look like they came from nowhere. Is it a miracle or a bit of chicanery?
Making the Statue of Liberty disappear would be a miracle, no? Yet, David Copperfield did this, at least as far as anyone else can tell.
If I saw a miracle, I'd want to know what tricks were done to make it happen. Just seeing something disappear or appear wouldn't do it for me.
And really, what kind of communication is a miracle anyway? If God wants to be known, he can just make himself be known. There would be no need for doubt. Just disperse it instantly.
Any god that doesn't want to be known clearly is not interested in worship.
2007-03-08 17:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by Rev Kev 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an atheist but just thought I'd like to comment on this. Most atheists would say that there is a logical, scientific explanation for anything others would consider a miracle. I saw a response in this forum to one question where the questioner believed that a miracle had occurred with someone getting well from an incurable illness. The atheists commented that people are just too lazy to investigate the real reason for these cases. I wonder why the atheists themselves do not investigate. They would refuse to believe that there just may be forces at work that are unexplainable through scientific study.
2007-03-08 17:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by CHOCOBEAR 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Miracles happen all the time. They are still not "proof" of a divine deity. Birth is an miracle, but it is also natural. Healing through positive thinking and retraining your body's reaction are both miracles, but are due to a person working to improve themselves. The purr of a kitten, which scientists have yet to explain, is a miracle, but I do not believe it is "proof" of an all-powerful being.
There are many instances I could give, but I will not believe in your God, because I cannot scientifically and logically believe.
2007-03-08 17:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Nepetarias 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the miracle.
I see jet airplanes landing every day -- I am amazed that something so huge can fly at all! It seems like a miracle, but I don't take it as evidence for the God of Abraham.
2007-03-08 18:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the miracle. In fact have thought about this quite a bit and come to the conclusion, my conversion to believe anything would be the miracle it would take.
'Seeing god' wouldn't cut it, since I have seen too many scams.
2007-03-08 17:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. I would work to disprove that miracle and find its explanation. Nothing except God himself can convince me god exists. And even if God came down to me and spoke to me, I would probably just question my sanity and enter an asylum. So for me personally, I don't think there is any way for me to obtain a belief in God. Oh well. It doesn't bother me one bit. In fact I like it this way a whole lot better.
2007-03-08 17:16:26 · answer #7 · answered by Dido 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends on the miracle. It'd have to be completely miraculous, with no simple scientific explanations whatsoever--like the stars spelling out "I AM" or something.
After that, we'd get down to figuring out which god/s it is that exist.
2007-03-08 17:11:36 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not the christian god, not the Jewish god, not the Muslim god.
After evaluating the evidence, I might believe in something, but not any of the above.
2007-03-08 17:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I might believe in miracles.
2007-03-08 17:15:06 · answer #10 · answered by Sara 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋