Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Objections To Miracles

February 25th, 2025
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"Natural laws are immutable, therefore miracles are not possible"

Creation demonstrates natural laws are not immutable, something came from nothing, that does not happen everyday

Natural laws only descirbe what regularsly happens in nature

Natural laws can be overcome by intelligent beings: humans overcome gravity by flying in a plane

If finite beings can overpower natural forces, then certainky an infinate being that created these forces can

"A wise man always bases his beliefs o the greater evidence"

  • Origin of the univese happened only once
  • Orgina of life happened only once
  • Orgins of new life forms happened only once
  • Our berth happened only once

Confuses beliablity with possiblility - something is wrong with an argument tells you to disbelieve what you have verified to be true

Confuses probablity with evidence - making rare events unworth 

Can not have a hole-in-one, no hitter, and lottery winner

If only miracles could be happen more often, then we would believe them - then they would cease being miracles

If there is a God who can act, then there can be acts of God (miracles)


Key Phrase: If there is a God who can act, then there can be acts of God (miracles)

Notes from: I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek.


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