tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post8164846117788812255..comments2023-03-26T13:57:23.263+01:00Comments on Always Hope: Robust ChristianityCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102799923678550905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-24404646018350721182011-03-27T22:35:39.210+01:002011-03-27T22:35:39.210+01:00I dare say. Like I said, it needs unpacking. I th...I dare say. Like I said, it needs unpacking. I think we get the general idea though.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102799923678550905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-72559629789918031902011-03-27T22:06:00.930+01:002011-03-27T22:06:00.930+01:00I read Ruth Bancewicz's post but until I am cl...I read Ruth Bancewicz's post but until I am clearer about exactly what she means by 'miracle' and what she means by the frequently used word 'scientifically' and its cognates, it is difficult to say what is meant. <br /><br />Augustine says "For we say that all portents are contrary to nature; but they are not so. For how is that contrary to nature which happens by the will of God, since the will of so mighty a Creator is certainly the nature of each created thing? A portent, therefore, happens not contrary to nature, but contrary to what we know as nature. <a href="http://www.logicmuseum.com/authors/augustine/civitate-21.htm#c8" rel="nofollow">(The City of God, Book XXI, Chapter 8)</a>.Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.com