The sweet irony of those who attempt to use logic to explain miracles in our lives is that their logic is illogical. People make vast assumptions off of beliefs systems specifically ones that don't understand such as Christianity and use those assumptions to process their logical assumptions. What do I mean?
I mean that when a person is walking down the street and someone walks up and hands them $500 and says God told them to give it to the person, we as Christians see a miracle. Some people might say logically that if the person believed they were supposed to give it and simply gave it to a random stranger (whoever that stranger may be) that they would see it as a miracle when in fact it was an act of chance.
However, if we understand that Christ asks us to act in his place, that our actions should be his actions and our obedience brings His kingdom to earth... then we would understand that logic dictates that we gave the $500 first to Christ, then in his stead gave it to the stranger (Boom a Miracle takes place because Christ gave whomever it is the money not the stranger). Now, if we really want to break that down on a more philosophical level, we might wonder: "What are the chances that a specific person were given the money?" and "How do we know that person was the one God wanted to have it" ect ect. The reality is that one person needed it, the other person gave it. To try and break it down any further would be arguing semantics.
That being said when we're talking about healing and really powerful acts of God, its very easy for people to try and pick them apart. People use natural laws of science, circumstances and other various factors in order to claim coincidences. However if they understand the fundamentals of philosophy and Theology they'd understand what every Christian knows. God is Omni Potent. What does that mean? It means He is in charge. He knows whats He is doing. If a natural law of science which He wrote much like a programmer of a video game would, acted in accordance to a miracle then the miracle must be addressed to Him. We wouldn't say if we completed a level on a video game, by completing a task that depended on the natural laws of the game, that because the laws were already there you technically never completed the level. The game did it for you.
The point I'm making here is that the perspective of a logical discussion is important to even the most basic of assumptions. You can not be an atheist and argue the power of a God that: A. You don't understand or B. You don't attribute the proper characteristics. Your world view will ultimately screw the discussion and cause you to make illogical attempts at justifying your own worldview inside someone elses worldview.
Wrap your mind around that.
I mean that when a person is walking down the street and someone walks up and hands them $500 and says God told them to give it to the person, we as Christians see a miracle. Some people might say logically that if the person believed they were supposed to give it and simply gave it to a random stranger (whoever that stranger may be) that they would see it as a miracle when in fact it was an act of chance.
However, if we understand that Christ asks us to act in his place, that our actions should be his actions and our obedience brings His kingdom to earth... then we would understand that logic dictates that we gave the $500 first to Christ, then in his stead gave it to the stranger (Boom a Miracle takes place because Christ gave whomever it is the money not the stranger). Now, if we really want to break that down on a more philosophical level, we might wonder: "What are the chances that a specific person were given the money?" and "How do we know that person was the one God wanted to have it" ect ect. The reality is that one person needed it, the other person gave it. To try and break it down any further would be arguing semantics.
That being said when we're talking about healing and really powerful acts of God, its very easy for people to try and pick them apart. People use natural laws of science, circumstances and other various factors in order to claim coincidences. However if they understand the fundamentals of philosophy and Theology they'd understand what every Christian knows. God is Omni Potent. What does that mean? It means He is in charge. He knows whats He is doing. If a natural law of science which He wrote much like a programmer of a video game would, acted in accordance to a miracle then the miracle must be addressed to Him. We wouldn't say if we completed a level on a video game, by completing a task that depended on the natural laws of the game, that because the laws were already there you technically never completed the level. The game did it for you.
The point I'm making here is that the perspective of a logical discussion is important to even the most basic of assumptions. You can not be an atheist and argue the power of a God that: A. You don't understand or B. You don't attribute the proper characteristics. Your world view will ultimately screw the discussion and cause you to make illogical attempts at justifying your own worldview inside someone elses worldview.
Wrap your mind around that.
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