Believing in Miracles
An important stage in this course of RE is that of the belief in God.
The belief in God has many different aspects to learn, one of which is
the belief in miracles and how miracles lead us to believe that God
exists.
This essay will look at the two sides of believing in miracles. On one
side of the debate is that of why miracles lead us to believe in God?
And to contradict this point of view will be the problem of believing
in miracles.
A miracle is defined as something wonderful and good that happens,
especially something believed to have a supernatural or unexplainable
cause. So when a miracle does occur then people are astonished and
amazed. This leads us to the first stage of the essay which is one of
the two points of view. This is the reasons for why a miracle makes
people believe in God. This consists of 4 statements.
The first point states that miracles are super-natural events and
whoever witnesses them are always going to be convinced that a miracle
has occurred. For example if a friend is dying from an incurable
disease, and you pray for their well being and for them to recover. If
they suddenly do recover then people will believe a miracle has
happened and this will therefore help you to start believing in God
and that God helped with this extraordinary miracle.
This point is a very good one, expressing the idea that a miracle is
linked with God and then people start to believe in God. There are
still many more points to be added and here is another.
The second point states that a miracle could be signs from God to help
people believe in him. This statement is also a very useful one ...
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believe in miracles or visa versa (not). In this last stage of the
essay a conclusion will be written and will give my verdict on what I
believe.
I believe there is no such thing as a miracle. The main reason on
behind this view is the point which stated that most miracles can be
explained by science. Up until that point I felt that there are such
things as miracles. But this point changed my view, converting me to
believe the opposite. If science can explain miracles then miracles
are not supernatural events. Therefore if miracles are explainable
then the word miracle should not exist and a so called 'miracle' has
not occurred. This is the point that I believe in the strongest,
stronger than any other points mentioned in the essay. So, finally my
view on miracles is that I don not believe in them.
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