Timeline for Should religiously significant coincidences be seen as miracles?
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| Nov 11, 2023 at 14:49 | comment | added | John Bollinger | Inasmuch as the question is exactly how the word "miracle" should be defined, it seems more theological than philosophical. That is, it's about what we believe (or don't), not about how and what we reason about that. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 0:16 | comment | added | Conifold | So the argument is: religious coincidences help some people believe in God, therefore... we should do something? Like what? Catholic Church has a whole division (Congregation for the Causes of Saints) that investigates purported miracles already. At least, in the lottery case, there is a suspicion of foul play that police can look into. And then there is apophenia. That we are psychologically drawn to searching for causes does not mean that it is always reasonable. There is one practical benefit from the demise of PSR. | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 19:33 | answer | added | Jo Wehler | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 19:27 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 10, 2023 at 17:02 | comment | added | Idiosyncratic Soul | Does this answer your question? Can a coincidence be evidence of a god? | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 16:52 | comment | added | Idiosyncratic Soul | This seems like the Divine fallacy rephrased as a question. | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 16:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 10, 2023 at 16:27 | comment | added | David Gudeman | Does this answer your question? What should a rational person accept as a miracle? | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 15:22 | comment | added | user67675 | are miracles always unexpected stares at wall ? | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 15:12 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 13:52 | answer | added | tkruse | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 13:45 | comment | added | Scott Rowe | God seems to be very stingy with those miracles, as billions of dead people could attest. | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 13:13 | answer | added | Ioannis Paizis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 12:23 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | Yes, miracles are "acted by God"; thus, obviously, the believers in miracles are believers in some religion. For an atheist, there are no miracles at all, but only "strange" facts that our current scientific knowledge is not able to explain. See Miracles: "David Hume famously defined a miracle as “a violation of the laws of nature” ". | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 11:39 | answer | added | Professor Sushing | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 11:32 | history | edited | user62907 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 10, 2023 at 11:26 | history | asked | user62907 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |