Miracles (AQA GCSE Religious Studies A): Flashcards
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What are miracles?
What are miracles?
Extraordinary events unexplained by natural/scientific means
What miracles show about God
What miracles show about God
God's active presence & divine intervention in the world
How miracles prove God's existence
How miracles prove God's existence
Tangible evidence of a supernatural force at work
How miracles demonstrate God's care
How miracles demonstrate God's care
Divine interventions during times of need/suffering show love
Comfort miracles provide to believers
Comfort miracles provide to believers
Hope that divine intervention is possible in difficult times
What are healing miracles
What are healing miracles
Supernatural restoration of health from illness/disability
Examples of Jesus's nature miracles
Examples of Jesus's nature miracles
Walking on water, turning water into wine
Most significant miracle in Christianity
Most significant miracle in Christianity
The resurrection of Jesus
What Jesus's resurrection demonstrates
What Jesus's resurrection demonstrates
God's power over death & hope for eternal life
Examples of modern-day miracles
Examples of modern-day miracles
Surviving extreme accidents, unexplained medical recoveries
How miracles show God exists (natural laws)
How miracles show God exists (natural laws)
Breaking of natural laws points to higher power
Scientific challenge to miracles
Scientific challenge to miracles
Alternative scientific explanations may exist
Human error challenge to miracles
Human error challenge to miracles
Medical misdiagnoses can make natural recovery seem miraculous
Why miracle claims are uncertain
Why miracle claims are uncertain
Subjective - people interpret same event differently