Definition of 'miracle'

by goddidit 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  goddidit

  I'm confused about the definition of 'miracle' for JWs (or any other religion for that matter).

  Some describe it as an exception to the laws of physics. What does that even mean? The laws of physics is just a description of reality. If god were to intervene in the world then his actions, being real, would be within this reality, right? Of course, god has the power to intervene more powerfully than us but it would still be within physics wouldn't it?

  My dad (a JW) told me some watchtower rubbish about water being affected by strong magnets so maybe that's what god used to part the red sea.

  As usual there's no evidence provided but I wonder what the point of the story is. Is it to make miracles seem 'possible'? Doesn't that defeat the point of a 'miracle'.

  I hope my rambling makes some kind of sense. BTW, I'm an atheist. Looking forward to your comments.

  Thanks
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  Ding

  One Calvinist defintion of "miracle" is "a less common kind of God's activity in which he arouses people's awe and wonder and bears witness to himself."
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  bob1999

  "The laws of physics is just a description of reality"

  A description of physical reality. God created that reality. He is not bound by it.

  Peace
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  goddidit

  "God created that reality. He is not bound by it."

  I'm sure god as defined by christians would not be bound by OUR description of reality because our description is a limited subset of the whole.

  But to me 'the laws of physics' include EVERYTHING, including that we humans haven't discovered yet.

  It's all semantics I know, but I just want to know what JWs think a 'miracle' is.

  Or is it yet another term deliberately ill-defined so they can keep moving the goalposts (like 'kind')?