Miracles Are Not Violations of the Laws of Nature Because the Laws Do Not Entail Regularity

Some have tried to make miracles compatible with the laws of nature by re-defining them as something other than interventions. By contrast, this article argues that although miracles are divine interventions, they are not violations of the laws of nature. Miracles are also not exceptions to the laws...

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Main Author: Wachter, Daniel von 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2015]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 37-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Miracle / Law of nature
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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