Miracles (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

Objective events in external world brought about by God

Subjective interpretations; mental states, not external events

Coincidences, divine power through people, violations of law

Descriptive - summarise observations, don't dictate events

Transgression of natural law by the Deity's volition

Astonishing, points to mystery, received in ecstatic experience

Anti-realist - beneficial coincidence religiously interpreted

Must perform miracles to become a Saint

Must be experienced as religiously significant

God explains gaps in science; redundant as science advances