ACCEPTING THE TESTIMONIES OF OTHERS. God does not shake miracles into Nature at random as if from a pepper pot. They come on great occasions; they are found at the great junctions of history – not of political or social history, but of that spiritual history which cannot be fully known by man” (CS Lewis, Miracles)..
Dear friends and readers of The Guide
Online
Sometimes we spend much of our
lives
testimonies
accepting
the
of other people
about events or facts that we cannot verify ourselves. If a claim seems unusual or extraordinary, that should, of course, make us cautious before accepting it, but if the evidence is
Many arguments favored often today are based on a misunderstanding. Scientific observation records the way that things usually operate, and theories and laws are built up around this.
sound then we are obliged to take it seriously. Miracles should
If laws imply the presence of
be rare events by their very
the lawgiver, and if laws are
nature.
not
established by a supernatural
never
agent, then it could also be
surprising
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We should weigh the testimony of those who claim to have experienced one and not discount it because we weren’t there.
It’s if
therefore we
have
witnessed one ourselves. And
modified
or
temporarily
this should not make us doubt
suspended for a purpose.
their existence. THE GUIDE ONLINE MAGAZINE
