Introduction:
A Christian cannot deny the miraculous and be consistent.
After all, if the Incarnation never happened, then Jesus was not God as He
claimed to be. If Jesus was not who He claimed to be, then Christianity is a
sham. And people who are not Christian may not be bound to believe in miracles,
anyway. So, to be a Christian is also to accept the possibility of miracles.
[1]
Now, by miracle, I do not just mean an event that is highly
unlikely or that happened in a bizarre way or that is a happy coincidence. [2] Rather,
by miracle, I mean something that is due to direct intervention of a
supernatural intelligence bringing about ends that are at odds with the normal
course of events. [3]
There are a variety of arguments that people give for why
miracles are impossible. Here are two such arguments: [4]
1. Miracles are impossible because they are
violations of the Laws of Physics.
2. Miracles would make God a liar, which is
impossible. [5]
