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Is it reasonable to expect people to believe in miracles in a modern scientific world?
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ + - ■ * ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 Е bjbj╧2╧2 (" нX нX ╫ н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ о о о о 8 ц Є о 3 v ▓ ┤ ┤ ┤ ┤ ┤ ┤ $ й R √ 4 ╪ Ъ ╪ Ъ Ъ э А А А Ъ Ъ ▓ А ▓ А А Т Ъ Ъ Т ЁV┬ Т╟ о X Т ▓ 0 3 Т / j / Т о о Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ / Ъ Т А ╪ ╪ А Is it reasonable to expect people to believe in miracles in a modern scientific world? The idea of miracles came under attack in the eighteenth century when science began to reveal a universe which seemed to follow fixed laws. This left little room for the supernatural or for the events, which supposedly transcended or even contradicted the laws of nature. The term miracle is well defined by C.S. Lewis when he said У a miracle is an interference with nature by a supernatural powerФ. In other words they are inexplicable in rational terms resulting in their validity being hard to prove. In this modern scientific society, the idea of miracles contradicts the whole philosophy of modern thought. A number of prominent thinkers regard scientific means; specifically empirical evidence (relying on evidence from the five senses) as the only reliable source of knowledge and truth. Some one who agreed with this...
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