What is the greatest miracle of all?

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How can we argue that existence is not the greatest miracle of all? Think of nothingness turned into everything. Everything stems from that creatio.
 
N0X3x said:
The resurrection.

the Eucharist may be the source and summit of our faith, but the resurrection is the center and foundation.
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👍 That corresponds to:

" I am the Way, the Truth and the Life".
 
Qoeleth said:
“Verbum caro factum est.”

The Incarnation. It is the only truly infinite miracle, since there is an infinite separation between God and man. This spans the infinite, and so is an infinitely great miracle.

There is, in comparison, only a small separation between a healthy man and a leper. No great miracle, only a small one. The difference between a dead body and a living one, while large, is certainly finite and comprehensible. The difference between bread and flesh is something, but again finite. Even the separation from absolute nothingness to the universe is only a finite miracle, since the universe itself is finite.

But the difference between God and man (or God and anything) is infinite and incomprehensible. Hence, the Incarnation wins.

It is for this reason that the head is to be bowed during all references to the Incarnation- but not creation, not the crucifixion, nor the Resurrection.
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👍 Solid reasoning and thought-provoking.
 
That God gave me and you the opportunity to live with Him for eternity. And that miracle occurs daily somewhere and everywhere.
 
GaryTaylor said:
That God gave me and you the opportunity to live with Him for eternity. And that miracle occurs daily somewhere and everywhere.
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:clapping: And I thought we had exhausted the possibilities!

Although perhaps the existence of God is the greatest miracle of all… 🙂
 
I thought on reading the thread’s title that the author was going to deal with the non-existence of miracles.

Since that question is not the issue here, I will submit that the greatest miracle of God is that in relation to us and the universe, He created the universe of which we are a part.

Why? Simple, because without that miracle there wouldn’t be any further miracles that God would work within that miracle.

Why? Simple, because God then wouldn’t have a reason to work any miracles in relation to man and the universe, and we are talking about God working miracles in regard to man and the universe.

KingCoil
 
Apart from Easter, it’s the universe, the most visible and mind shattering.
 
tonyrey said:
👍 Solid reasoning and thought-provoking.
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I agree! 🙂

This has been a beautiful and interesting thread, and that’s my favourite response.
Qoeleth said:
“Verbum caro factum est.”

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It is for this reason that the head is to be bowed during all references to the Incarnation- but not creation, not the crucifixion, nor the Resurrection.
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I surmise that it’s also the incarnation which most confronts the human mind, and causes people to doubt - as it did for the Jews and even the apostles.

Every time I sing “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful” I shed a little tear on “Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing”
 
KingCoil said:
I thought on reading the thread’s title that the author was going to deal with the non-existence of miracles.

Since that question is not the issue here, I will submit that the greatest miracle of God is that in relation to us and the universe, He created the universe of which we are a part.

Why? Simple, because without that miracle there wouldn’t be any further miracles that God would work within that miracle.

Why? Simple, because God then wouldn’t have a reason to work any miracles in relation to man and the universe, and we are talking about God working miracles in regard to man and the universe.
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👍 You have a point - if we are talking about God working miracles in regard to man and the universe. We could say God is the greatest miracle of all but that depends on our definition of “miracle”. 🙂
 
Edmundus1581 said:
This has been a beautiful and interesting thread, and that’s my favourite response.
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I had no idea how inspiring it was going to be. Every post has enriched our view of life.
I surmise that it’s also the incarnation which most confronts the human mind, and causes people to doubt - as it did for the Jews and even the apostles.
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Every time I sing “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful” I shed a little tear on “Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing”
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I’m sure you’re not the only one…

When he was an atheist Antony Flew referred to the “scandal of particularity” but then like many others he didn’t believe in divine love - which is not limited by human ideas of perfection. Nor did he explain how God could have appeared to everyone without defeating the purpose of creating “a vale of soul-making”…
 
My Life, and God’s Life… that I exist and that God exists… what else matters ???
 
tonyrey said:
I had no idea how inspiring it was going to be. Every post has enriched our view of life.

I’m sure you’re not the only one…

**When he was an atheist Antony Flew referred to the “scandal of particularity” **but then like many others he didn’t believe in divine love - which is not limited by human ideas of perfection. Nor did he explain how God could have appeared to everyone without defeating the purpose of creating “a vale of soul-making”…
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That’s a profound phrase - The scandal of particularity!

I haven’t heard it before. A bit of googling suggests to me that it did not originate with Anthony Flew. Wiktionary tells us that it is a translation from German.
 
I couldn’t truly figure out why God loves us so much as to sacrifice his Son. That is a miracle in itself. We are mean, heartless, back stabbers, forgetful, we practically killed many of his messengers (prophets) his Son included. Even his angels were targeted. If God disguise himself as an ordinary person again, Dawkins and his type will attempt to gut him.

Why bother with such a species other than we have image superiority over the other animals. Dogs are more faithful.

I think most people will give up after the 2nd time as 3x would be stupid or as one proverb says.
 
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