MIRACLES: Realist View Of Miracles Flashcards
What is a miracle?
An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency
What is the realist approach to miracles?
Miracles are a real part of what happens in the world
They are brought about by god
These things are true despite the fact that we don’t understand everything about miracles
Who is juliane koepcke and what happened to her?
German Peruvian high school student who was the sole surviver of a plane crash
What happens in exodus with Moses? What is the importance of this?
Moses carries out the ten plagues on Egypt using the power of Yahweh
Links to miracles as brought about by the power of god through people
What does natural law mean?
It is a statement of the way that nature works when left to itself
What is Hume’s definition of miracles?
A miracle is a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of a deity
What does Mackie think about miraculous intervention?
He was an atheist so didn’t believe there is a god to intervene in the first place
The concept of gods intervention is conceivable in a ‘closed system’ of the natural world
Problems with realist views
If every event is a miracle and god is present within every event then it’s conceivable that people are divided according to how godblind they are
The truly god sighted would be aware of god at all times and for them everything would be miraculous
