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Re: Why there are no miracles now?         


Author: duke
Date: Dec 12, 2007 09:36

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:55:38 -0800 (PST), donquijote1954
hotmail.com> wrote:
>Sure, miraculous things happened in the past, but not now that we have
>all the media and Internet in place, so things get spread out fast.
>
>Then why Moses, Jesus and God himself didn't wait for this day and age
>when they could have the 6 o'clock news vultures waiting for their
>latest supernatural feat...

God has a special reason for revelation to those that already believe.

duke, American-American
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Re: Why there are no miracles now?         


Author: NotX
Date: Dec 17, 2007 17:44

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:23:29 -0800, Earle Jones
comcast.net> wrote:
>
>*
>Why are there no miracles today?
>

Better definition. A "miracle" is something happening in a way that
does not happen. It's really an excuse to hide the fact you don't know
something.
>For the same reason that there are no people who live to be 900 years
>old today.
>
>Why aren't there any 900-year-old citizens today -- after all,
>Methusaleh lived 900+ years.

Such a thing is VERY unlikely. Someone could have confused lunar
months with years. Then 900 "years" would be around 67.7 actual years.
A long lifetime thousands of years ago, but within reason.

Or, it could be just a myth. That makes more sense.
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