Miracles

Question 1

What is a miracle from scripture?

Answer 1

one recorded in holy books

Question 2

What is a miracle from tradition?

Answer 2

accepted as part of the way a religion has developed

Question 3

what is a miracle from history

Answer 3

linked to the founders- supports teachings

Question 4

what is a miracle from personal experience

Answer 4

one that has happened to an individual

Question 5

what are the four types of miracle?

Answer 5

scripture, tradition, history, personal experience

Question 6

what were David Hume’s four points against religion?

Answer 6

• never enough evidence
• religions depends on miracles
• witnesses are unreliable
• witnesses are uneducated

Question 7

difference between evidence OF and evidence FOR

Answer 7

OF= examples of them occurring
FOR= reasons they are seen as true or genuine

Question 8

What is the first level of miracle in Buddhism?

Answer 8

1: physical power; flying, walking through walls etc

Question 9

What is the second level of miracle in Buddhism?

Answer 9

2: to read minds

Question 10

What is the third level of miracle in Buddhism?

Answer 10

3: ability to guide mental development

‘miracle of instruction’

Question 11

What is a practical miracle?

Answer 11

done through effort, but creates a large difference

Question 12

give an example of a practical miracle

Answer 12

a wicked man becoming a pure religious man

Question 13

How long is a miracle in Lourdes checked for until it is declared a miracle?

Answer 13

about 10 years

Question 14

How many miracles in Lourdes have been certified in the last 150 years

Answer 14

67/8000

Question 15

What food did Jesus begin with at ‘The Feeding of the 5000’?

Answer 15

2 fish and 5 loaves of Barley bread

Question 16

Definition of a miracle:

Answer 16

“An event, performed by God, that appears to break the laws of nature’’

Question 17

Why does Buddhism not follow the traditional concept of miracles?

Answer 17

They do not have a God

Question 18

Which Buddhist levels of miracles can be used?

Answer 18

Only the 3rd, the 1st and 2nd are a source of humiliation, shame and disgust.

Question 19

What did the Angel of Death do during the 10 Plagues?

Answer 19

Kill the eldest son of every house that did not have blood on the door step.

Question 20

Morris Goodman’s quote:

Answer 20

“Man becomes what he thinks about”

Question 21

Example of a happy coincidence:

Answer 21

Man missed an alarm so didn’t go to work at the World Trade Centre, on the day of the terrorist bombing.