Reply To: William Craig said: “Well, of course, naturalism would preclude miracles altogether. Naturalism is the view that all that exists is the space, time, universe, and its physical contents. And if you presuppose naturalism, then miracles are ruled out of court before you even come to the table to look at the evidence. Others I think may not deny the existence of a supernatural Being. But nevertheless, they think that allowing the supernatural Being to get his fingers dirty in the operation of the universe, so to speak, would somehow upset science. That it would make science impossible. Because it would turn the universe into a sort of haunted house. And so some people have the impression that in order for science to be possible, we have to assume that miracles cannot occur.” Why would a scientist have trouble with the idea of miracles?

Home › Forums › Discussion Forum › William Craig said: “Well, of course, naturalism would preclude miracles altogether. Naturalism is the view that all that exists is the space, time, universe, and its physical contents. And if you presuppose naturalism, then miracles are ruled out of court before you even come to the table to look at the evidence. Others I think may not deny the existence of a supernatural Being. But nevertheless, they think that allowing the supernatural Being to get his fingers dirty in the operation of the universe, so to speak, would somehow upset science. That it would make science impossible. Because it would turn the universe into a sort of haunted house. And so some people have the impression that in order for science to be possible, we have to assume that miracles cannot occur.” Why would a scientist have trouble with the idea of miracles? › Reply To: William Craig said: “Well, of course, naturalism would preclude miracles altogether. Naturalism is the view that all that exists is the space, time, universe, and its physical contents. And if you presuppose naturalism, then miracles are ruled out of court before you even come to the table to look at the evidence. Others I think may not deny the existence of a supernatural Being. But nevertheless, they think that allowing the supernatural Being to get his fingers dirty in the operation of the universe, so to speak, would somehow upset science. That it would make science impossible. Because it would turn the universe into a sort of haunted house. And so some people have the impression that in order for science to be possible, we have to assume that miracles cannot occur.” Why would a scientist have trouble with the idea of miracles?

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Science only believes in events that can be replicated, and preferably under laboratory conditions. Miracles don’t work that way, so for a scientist
they are not valid. Secondly, science doens’t recognise miracles because they defy the laws of physics, and that is unacceptable for scientists. Not all
of them though. I myself have a PhD in a scientific field and choose to belief in miracles because if you look well enough and educate yourself on them,
there is enough proof of miracles.