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God... Truth or fiction?

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Did I say anywhere that God does not exist and that this has been proven by science? I simply said that science still has a lot of work to do. Many things are still unexplored and are considered "miracles".
"Religion tells us of various miracles. Science, however, has proven that there are no miracles and there cannot be any, as this would be a violation of the laws of nature".


Narratives of miracles treat miracles precisely as exceptions to the general rule, as rare phenomena that deviate from the ordinary order of things based on the laws of nature.

The question of the possibility of miracles depends on another related question: the existence of God, the Creator and Providence, the Lord of the entire world. If we do not believe in the existence of God, then, of course, we must admit that miracles are impossible. For who could then interfere in the actions of a blind force supposedly governed by eternal laws? Who could force this force to deviate from an order established once and for all? If, however, we believe in the existence of God (as many scientists did), then we also believe in the possibility that He, as the Almighty Lord of nature and the Creator of its laws, is free to halt their action in cases where it is necessary for the benefit of man or for the enlightenment and edification of unbelievers.

Exact sciences have never proven and cannot prove the impossibility of miracles, as they study the rules and laws of nature, not the exceptions to them. Just as exceptions found in philology do not contradict grammar and the rules of language, but are additions to them, so too miracles do not refute the laws of nature, but exist alongside them.

If the car of some dignitary has the right to pass where others are forbidden, if the railway allows a special train for someone, this in no way cancels the established rules of street traffic or the train schedule.

To reject the possibility of miracles, one must first prove the fictitiousness or falsity of all miracles for which there is numerous testimony. Only a person completely unfamiliar with the inviolability of these testimonies can assume deception or autosuggestion in all these cases. There have been many instances where unbelievers, witnesses to miracles, after confirming through thorough investigation that no natural explanation could be given for what happened, became believers and maintained their faith until the end of their days.

The most vivid and well-known fact proving the authenticity of miracles are the healings in Lourdes, France. A permanent medical commission operates there, consisting of specialist doctors, among whom are both believers and non-believers. They have every opportunity to scientifically investigate all the healings that occur and explain them at their discretion. If a sudden recovery of a patient can be given some natural explanation or if doubt arises as to the reality of the healing, then such a fact is not registered as miraculous. If, however, all the doctors agree that they cannot give any natural explanation for the healing that took place and that there is no doubt about its reality, then such a case of healing is registered as a miracle.

A great number of such miracles have been registered in Lourdes! Among them, cases of rapid and complete healing of body organs affected by severe disease are particularly striking. Here, of course, there can be no question of autosuggestion or the effect of nervous shock on the organism. Those who do not accept miracles, instead of the groundless denial of facts, would do better to familiarize themselves with the documentation of these facts, confirmed by impartial doctors, and only after that consider whether it is reasonable to believe that the possibility of miracles has been refuted by scientific research.

Of course, not everything people take for a miracle is actually one. Mistakes often happen, and narratives of miracles are quite often legendary. Therefore, the Church treats reports of miracles with great caution. Thus, narratives of miracles do not place religion in contradiction with science at all, for true, free science has never rejected the possibility of miracles.
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