Reddit reviews Miracles

Hi me from a decade ago! Trump became President. Yeah, that Trump. Mind warning 2007 of that? Thanks!

Your thought process is uncannily close to who I used to be, that's scary dude.

Welcome to the club of ex-atheists who ended up researching Christianity in earnest. This religion does weird stuff to you man. You'll be discussing the nature of the Trinity and ruthlessly sharing 1 Corinthians 13 and Romans 7 before you know it.

To answer your question on miracles, you're not going to find concrete proof which can't be disproven with the phrase, "other large religions exist." It's a tall order and a tough one to accept for anyone who's been an atheist for a while. There are thousands of books on New Testament miracles but I like Miracles by C.S. Lewis.

C.S. Lewis is a well loved Christian author, known for the Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce amongst many other excellent works. Miracles is one of his dryer books but I've found it to be an effective analysis of this topic. It goes into the nature of what a miracle is and why they're particularly noteworthy.

I linked an online copy of the book because it's in the public domain where I live in Canada. I don't know if it's in the public domain where you live, so feel free to buy a copy of the book if you so wish.

Edit: An interesting thread from the past on this subject. You can also search for more threads on the sub if you don't find what you want here today, this topic does show up from time to time.

Of course I doubt. I doubt all the time. We all doubt at times. Just 20 months ago I was (secretly) an agnostic atheist myself.

But the fact that we doubt only says that we haven't personally seen something. And in this case, whether we believe or not has profound implications (see Pascal's Wager for both sides of this coin). Therefore we want to make sure we believe correctly.

And there are all sorts of lines of logic that lead us to belief in a God and in miracles, and there are all sorts of historical evidences (such as the testimony of the Apostles) that leads us to believe the Resurrection of Christ. The Resurrection of Christ leads us to belief in the testimony of Christ. Since Christ testified His Words contained in the Four Holy Gospels, that is how we arrive at Christianity. We arrive at Catholicism through further study of the Bible and of history.

Try praying the Sorrowful Rosary and meditating on the reality of what Jesus did for you. Trust in the Saints and their testimonies, especially the Twelve. Trust in the Scriptures and trust in Mary.

And if you really need to, ask God to show Himself to you. He might choose to. He might choose not to. But remember what Our Lord said to Saint Thomas: "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

C.S. Lewis wrote about one argument for God, namely the argument from desire. I have found this quite convincing.
"Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for these desires exists. A baby feels hunger; well, there is such a thing as food. A dolphin wants to swim; well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire; well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Bk. III, chap. 10, "Hope"

It is tough to maintain faith, especially in this culture. But above all, just be honest with yourself. If after all, you don't believe it, then simply don't believe it. Also I would love to hear your reasons! :)

God bless you.

This was the thrust of C.S. Lewis's book Miracle's. This is also the type of argumentation that presuppositional apologetics would use.

This one here. It's a common analogy referenced, I think I first heard it in this interview