like the blind being able to see, or the dead raised to life, then would you believe?
2007-03-22 07:08:26 · 19 answers · asked by David 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one will ever believe now that they will believe something in the future that they can't believe in at the current time unless and until they experience it.
2007-03-22 07:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The blind being able to see is usually the result of good medical care. The dead coming back to life - sure, if they could prove it. After all there are a whole lot of people who still think Elvis is alive.
The point is - I would only believe a supernatural miracle if there was no other possible explanation and if it was sufficiently documented or witnessed.
2007-03-22 14:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by Alan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were to see something that had no natural explanation. That was truly and OBVIOUSLY the work of a supernatural power, then yes , of course. Mind you, what we may call "supernatural" could just as easily be the work of an advanced lifeform, as much of what we do in modern science would be interpreted as magic by more primitive societies. Think of the "Q" on Star Trek: Next Generation.
Neither of your examples on the face would be "miracles" as there could well be natural explanations. (eg. The person wasn't truly dead or blind in the first place)
I'm talking about things like...how about the 10 commandments written in thousand mile long letters carved into bedrock on the dark side of the moon,? or Mt Ararat cleanly removed from it's current location and deposited in the middle of Kansas? Once again of course, there could be "natural" explanations for that....like advanced alien life forms with a sense of humour.
2007-03-22 14:30:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the circumstances. I have seen the blind being made to see. That was through science, though.
If I saw things like the Heavens opening up, and angels descending, if I saw God, and saw people that had been dead--really dead--rise up from the grave at God's command, and I knew that I haven't been drugged or were hallucinating, then yes, I would believe then. I would have to see it myself, though. Reading about it in a 2000 year-old book doesn't count. Someone coming from a Benny Hinn show doesn't count. If there was something real, and tangible, and something that could only be attributed to a GOD, then yes, I would believe.
2007-03-22 14:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe in what?
People see the dead being raised all the time. I used to work with a few schizophrenics who talked to dead relatives. If I saw it, I would believe in seroquel or haldol-D.
A real miracle would have to defy the laws of the universe: creating a square circle, dividing 1 by zero and getting a whole number, etc. Let me know if a "real" miracle happens, would ya?
2007-03-22 14:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnostic = I'm open to any possibility.
Technically, my survival from infantile illness was a miracle, as I had a 0% survival chance. I don't remember it or recall it and refuse to let it influence my beliefs one way or another.
Would I believe in said miracle, if I saw it and it lacked a scientific explanation? Yes.
Would I attach it to a specific version of a specific religion? Probably not.
Beautiful, unexplainable things exist in the world and occur everyday. Faith in a specific religion requires more than just the unexplainability of certain occurrences. It requires a calling and genuine belief in a specific stream of thought and specific religious texts, and miraculous events don't necessarily instill either.
2007-03-22 14:14:50 · answer #6 · answered by Kate S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if it could be indisputably proven to be a fact and not a delusion, hallucination or dream. But believe in what...that miracles happen, that's all.
2007-03-22 14:12:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd accept that a supernatural event occured, yes, if all else had been ruled out. I would consider that a deity might have been the source of that supernatural event.
I'd be far more likely to consider the norse mythology than any other though.
2007-03-22 14:11:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Those things have already happened in real life. Cornea transplants. Defibulator shocks. Those aren't miracles. They are science.
2007-03-22 14:12:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes I'd believe that miracles occured if I witnesed one. My attitude to God or religion wouldn't probably change though.
2007-03-22 14:22:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋