1. those that nature could not do 2. those nature could do but not in that order 3. those that nature could do but without the forces of nature
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how did peter vardy define miracles?
an event with a religious significance, a change in a person for the better
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how did david hume define miracles?
a transgression of a law of nature by violation of a deity or by the imposition of some invisible agent
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how did swinburne define miracles?
counter instances to a law of nature- e.g water into wine, and curing a man of polio is possible but not that quickly, what makes them miraculous is that they operate outside bounds of natural laws.
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how did tillich define miracles?
contingency- miracles are a sign pointing to god e.g feeding 5000 reminds people of Moses feeding isralites when escaping egypt
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how did holland define miracles?
event doesn't need to break laws of nature- coincidence can be taken religiously as a sign and be called a miracle
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how did moore define miracles?
miracle is an unexplained event, religious people see it as miracle, atheist see it as unexplained
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what were humes 4 criticisms of miracles?
1. never enough evidence 2. witnesses are unreliable 3. witnesses are uneducated and from barbarous nations 4. religions depend on miracles and can't all be right
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what was Wiles' view of miracles?
god can't perform miracles because a god who interacts and helps one person and not everyone else is unfair and biased. goodness of god and miracles are incompatible.
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how did peter vardy define miracles?
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an event with a religious significance, a change in a person for the better
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