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To: tacticalogic

[[IOW, you’re arguing that if any event has the initial appearance of being a miracle (ie happening contrary to known natural laws), then it must be one and there will never be a natural explanation for it,]]

I think a little more precision is needed here- God may very well use natural laws in a supernatural manner- if so, then yes, we can know how He did something by examining the natural aspects, but not understand the actual supernatural event itself. For instance, when the head was restored, scientsits could examine how everythign was reattached, whether htere are any telltale reattachment points, see if any vessels shrunk during hte process, determine iof any biological changes took place, if there was any scarring etc, but still not be able to determine How God superceeded nature by causing hte event to occure.


988 posted on 01/07/2009 12:57:52 PM PST by CottShop
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To: CottShop
I think a little more precision is needed here- God may very well use natural laws in a supernatural manner- if so, then yes, we can know how He did something by examining the natural aspects, but not understand the actual supernatural event itself. For instance, when the head was restored, scientsits could examine how everythign was reattached, whether htere are any telltale reattachment points, see if any vessels shrunk during hte process, determine iof any biological changes took place, if there was any scarring etc, but still not be able to determine How God superceeded nature by causing hte event to occure.

I'll add a few decimals of precision to the question then. Is it possible that the event itself was misinterpreted at the time, or that the natural laws involved were simply not well enough understood yet to account for it? Is it possible to get a direct answer to this question?

1,004 posted on 01/07/2009 1:27:21 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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