Miracles!!

VEGANGELICA · 05-11-2010, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AwwSugar

Of course, I have hope for miracles sometimes.
But this is too much.

I'll keep my eyes on this "starving yogi" story to learn if/when his claims are debunked. Or proven! Perhaps there are "breatherators" who gain sustenance from the very air!

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Originally Posted by tore

I think this is one sneaky yogi indeed. Maybe he carries bottled water somewhere in his body?

I can think of only one orifice big enough, and carrying a water bottle there wouldn't be too comfortable...but better than drinking your own urine!

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I believe in miracles
Since you came along
You sexy thing

You were singing that song to Freebase, weren't you, Janszoon! I couldn't help but notice that his post came right before your post!

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Originally Posted by bungalow

i believe in miracles, but probably because i define them differently from you. for example, the spontaneous appearance of life on earth is "miraculous" even though it can be explained naturally. i don't think the fact that something can be explained scientifically precludes it from being miraculous.

events that defy natural law i would characterize as supernatural.

So, bungalow, to make sure I understand, you define a "miracle" as some event that follows natural law but has a very low probability of occurring. Meanwhile, it sounds like what you think of as supernatural would be what I define as a "miracle."

How unlikely would you feel some natural occurrence has to be for it to be a miracle? Wouldn't such a probability cutoff be very arbitrary? If I flip a coin a trillion times and get only 1 head, would that be a miracle? And if it *were* a miracle, what about if I did it again and get 2 heads? Or 10? How would you decide when some event is no longer considered "miraculous?"