Miracles

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  • Created on: 13-03-17 21:02
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  • Miracles
    • Christianity
      • Only God can perform miracles, though it can be through a person
    • Hinduism
      • If one gains enough powerful karma they may eventually gain some spiritual power
      • Birth of Krishna, he agreed to be born on Earth to defeat evil and all efforts to stop this were thwarted
    • Islam
      • Allah performed miracles through the prophets to prove they were chosen
      • Muhammed's Heart, his chest was opened and a blood clot removed
    • Arguments Against
      • There can never be enough evidence
        • The laws of nature have been witnessed for thousands of years
          • For a miracle to be proved it must have enough to outweigh the evidence of the laws of nature, which is impossible
        • By Hume's argument, planes cannot be accepted as no one saw flight before the 1930s
      • Witnesses are unreliable
        • Religions rely on miracles as evidence, and they cannot all be right and so they cancel each other out
        • Witnesses are biased as they want miracles to be real to back their beliefs
        • Founders of religion warn against putting too much faith in miracles, and they are investigated before being accepted

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