MIRACLES

Question 1

3 things that make a miracle..

Answer 1

• Breaks Natural Law
• Clear purpose
• Best explained as an act of god

Question 2

Examples of normal miracles

Answer 2

A baby born?
Lourdes
Healings

Question 3

Examples of biblical miracles

Answer 3

Resurrection
Walking on Water
Feeding the 5000

Question 4

Aquinas 3 points

Answer 4

1. events done which nature couldnt do
2. events done which nature could do but not in that order
3. events done without using the natural laws

Question 5

According to Aquinas god is a

Answer 5

INTERVENTIONALIST

Question 6

Swinburne 4 points

Answer 6

1. best explanation
2. evidence is considered properly
3. miracles are consistent with gods love
4. principle of testimony and credulity = people tell the truth and we must believe

Question 7

Hume 4 points

Answer 7

1. Not reliable witnesses
2. nature wants us to believe the unbelievable
3. stories become unreliable
4. miracles are part of many religions and done by many gods

Question 8

Davies

Answer 8

intervening hes a spectator watching us suffer

• contrasts with omnis
• laws are not in stone

Question 9

Humes main quote

Answer 9

A miracle is a transgression of a low of nature by a particular violation of the deity

Question 10

Vardy Critic quote

Answer 10

A god who intervenes at lourds but not to save a starving child - such a god needs questioned.

Question 11

Swinburne quote

Answer 11

god acts for a reason and therefore miracles must have a deep religious significance