Basics Flashcards
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Q
Why do people believe in miracles?
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- Faith
- Hope
- Explanation for what seems impossible
- Experience
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Q
Outline the characteristics of miracles:
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- Unexpected and rare
- Cannot be explained by the laws of nature
- Affect people for the better
- Are seen as coming from God
- An act of power
- inspiring and extraordinary
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Q
Why would people reject miracles?
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- Don’t have a faith
- Lack of evidence
- Could be fake
- Needed a miracle that never came
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Q
Purtill defines miracles as:
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An event in which God temporarily makes an exception to the natural order of things, to show that God is acting.
