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Some uses/senses of the word ‘miracle’: Something happened: Literally anything ‘happening’ – any phenomena as opposed to a non-phenomenological non-existence (existence is action – matter doesn’t just exist, it happens). This can be called miraculous in the sense of ‘everything is a miracle’ or ‘look around – miracles are all around you’. This concept, in my view is rightly held . . . → Read More: miracle Succinct and razor sharp as always, James Chastek discusses how so-called ‘blind chance’ events can be used for a purpose – giving two excellent illustrations (coin-toss and cement mixing). This (for me) completely takes the wind out of the Dawkins-like assurance that big, bad ‘chance’ is an enemy of design and/or God1. and it probably makes all of the effort . . . → Read More: purposeful chance chance & necessity | random & planned | chaos & order | freedom & determinism The phrase ‘by chance’ refers to an event/result happening without compulsion or determination – we say the situation/result ‘did not have to be that way’. The phrase ‘of necessity’ refers to an event/result happening according to compulsion or law – we say the situation/result ‘had . . . → Read More: had to be chance? [copied from excerpt from YouTube video (embedded below) of a talk given by Rupert Sheldrake at 'Google Tech Talks' on September 2, 2008 entitled "The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence"] Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a biologist and author of more than 75 technical papers and ten books, the most recent being The Sense of Being Stared At. He studied at . . . → Read More: making sense of sheldrake This question (‘Is anything significant?’) can be fleshed out a bit… We could ask, “Is everything equally in-significant?”, or we could ask, “Is everything equally highly-significant?” What makes something (an event or object [which can quite rightly be said to be 'events' in themselves]) significant, and another thing not so? . . . → Read More: is anything significant?  11 comments - (Comments are closed)  philosophy, science  astronomy, atheism, belief, chance, creation, debate, discernment, general, intelligent design, life, order, philosophy, random, relationships, science, significance, truth |
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