There are no miracles, and every thing is a miracle.

If the course of history is any example, there seems to be a small range wherein religions are capable of giving up their ancient paradigms. There are two views to take. That ancient peoples could not understand what they were observing and created supernatural explanations - or - that ancient peoples knew precisely what they were seeing and thus their observations must be accepted as fact. Most religions, obviously, take the latter track.
 
"The parents of Romulus and Remus were a god and a virgin. The Palladium fell from heaven in the city of Troy. The hair of Berenice became a constellation...Give me the name of one people among who incredible prodigies were not performed, especially when few knew how to read and write." Voltaire, Miracles and Idolatry
 
Thomas said:
Only if you believe the empirical is all there is.
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Careful, this is a philosophical conclusion of Ontological Naturalism, and not a conlusion of science, which is based on 'Methodological Naturalism.'

How, I wonder, will science catagorise, quantify and measure ... and on what scale ... Enlightenment?
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Not likely a serious concern of science. Science to certain extent is the product of enlightenment,


Possibly ... but then with scientific instruments we are able to cure blindness, but that doesn't mean that Christ's restoring sight to the man born blind wasn't a miracle. My sister does the above, and more, without scientific instruments.
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As far as science goes; non-sequitur.
 
wil said:
I'd like to see the peer reviewed double blind tests...that have been repeated and duplicated.
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Hehe ... while you were away we knocked that whole 'science v religion' thing into touch.
 
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