miracles
Doing miracles is considered validating the divine "connection" of the "revealer" who is either chosen, sent by, or is literally divine.
But there is a problem concerning the communication of these miracles.
Now, all of us can only read about these miracles, but at the time they were witnessed.
Question:
If the revealers wanted to show their uncompromising powers, why be satisfied by doing non-convincing miracles (regardless of the way they were later presented)? These miracles were even not enough to convince everyone who saww or heard about them AT THE TIME!
The greatest miracles were performed by the rod of Moses, the parting of the red sea being visually the most impressive. But curiously it was not enough, since three months later, they re-started worshipping golden calves, calves fabricated by Aaron, the brother of Moses and the hero number two of the whole exodus event...
How can people not believe in the miracle they personally saw and experienced?
They passed through two walls of water none the less...
They did not need to believe. They passed between the walls of watery proof...
We have to admit that there is a problem of validity or scale with these "miracles" or at least as they are presented to us.
Miracles involving resurrection raise yet another issue.
Not a single resurrected "reveals" anything about the next life. Not a word.
Any resurrected "burning" to reveal the afterlife as a first hand witness is the first obvious thing to expect...
Any person witnessing the resurrection "burning" to know about the afterlife is the second obvious thing to expect.
The proof of an afterlife would even legitimize the entire concept of belief and faith in the supernatural.
No resurrected even "revealing" an afterlife and nobody ever asking about an afterlife to a resurrected?
Am I the only one who finds this strange?
Maybe nobody asked and the resurrected never "revealed" an afterlife, because then specific and detailed answers would be expected...
There is yet still another issue with the resurrection of Lazarus.
Lazarus was loved by Jesus, which supposed his soul was in heaven. They should have rejoiced, since Lazarus was in paradise. Why are they crying and lamenting? Why does Jesus bring him back, if he considers and preaches that physical death is nothing bad? His friends were not convinced, and He brought Lazarus's soul back from heaven to comfort his family, thus tacitly admitting that death was bad, or at least admitting that He never succeeded in convincing his closest friends that death was not bad...
So we are urged to sacrifice our "temporary" life, or told not to fear death, even if the family of Lazarus were lamenting.
Here's a thought.
Isn't the term "miracle" defined by the capacity to render possible the impossible?
The possible today is the "impossible" of the past.
The possible of tomorrow will be the "impossible" of today.
What is the true miracle that with time renders the impossible, possible?
Man was made to forget that the only true miracle is his beautiful abstract mind, the rarest and most powerful tool in the entire universe.
Our mind is and has always been the true miracle that produces real "miracles", and the true wonder that produces real "wonders" ...
But there is a problem concerning the communication of these miracles.
Now, all of us can only read about these miracles, but at the time they were witnessed.
Question:
If the revealers wanted to show their uncompromising powers, why be satisfied by doing non-convincing miracles (regardless of the way they were later presented)? These miracles were even not enough to convince everyone who saww or heard about them AT THE TIME!
The greatest miracles were performed by the rod of Moses, the parting of the red sea being visually the most impressive. But curiously it was not enough, since three months later, they re-started worshipping golden calves, calves fabricated by Aaron, the brother of Moses and the hero number two of the whole exodus event...
How can people not believe in the miracle they personally saw and experienced?
They passed through two walls of water none the less...
They did not need to believe. They passed between the walls of watery proof...
We have to admit that there is a problem of validity or scale with these "miracles" or at least as they are presented to us.
Miracles involving resurrection raise yet another issue.
Not a single resurrected "reveals" anything about the next life. Not a word.
Any resurrected "burning" to reveal the afterlife as a first hand witness is the first obvious thing to expect...
Any person witnessing the resurrection "burning" to know about the afterlife is the second obvious thing to expect.
The proof of an afterlife would even legitimize the entire concept of belief and faith in the supernatural.
No resurrected even "revealing" an afterlife and nobody ever asking about an afterlife to a resurrected?
Am I the only one who finds this strange?
Maybe nobody asked and the resurrected never "revealed" an afterlife, because then specific and detailed answers would be expected...
There is yet still another issue with the resurrection of Lazarus.
Lazarus was loved by Jesus, which supposed his soul was in heaven. They should have rejoiced, since Lazarus was in paradise. Why are they crying and lamenting? Why does Jesus bring him back, if he considers and preaches that physical death is nothing bad? His friends were not convinced, and He brought Lazarus's soul back from heaven to comfort his family, thus tacitly admitting that death was bad, or at least admitting that He never succeeded in convincing his closest friends that death was not bad...
So we are urged to sacrifice our "temporary" life, or told not to fear death, even if the family of Lazarus were lamenting.
Here's a thought.
Isn't the term "miracle" defined by the capacity to render possible the impossible?
The possible today is the "impossible" of the past.
The possible of tomorrow will be the "impossible" of today.
What is the true miracle that with time renders the impossible, possible?
Man was made to forget that the only true miracle is his beautiful abstract mind, the rarest and most powerful tool in the entire universe.
Our mind is and has always been the true miracle that produces real "miracles", and the true wonder that produces real "wonders" ...