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To: Boogieman
Now if they prayed, and the door just fell off, that would be a miracle.

God wants humans to meet him halfway

17 posted on 08/07/2013 3:34:40 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Well, no doubt God uses natural agencies to carry out His will all the time. We just don’t call those “miracles”, except in a very informal sense.

Say a homeless guy is on the street asking for money. I might give him some, because God told me to help the poor. Now, I would be doing God’s will, but that isn’t a miracle. If money just appeared in the homeless guy’s cup without any natural source, that would be a miracle. Calling everyday fortunate events “miracles” just cheapens the word.


28 posted on 08/07/2013 3:54:41 PM PDT by Boogieman
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