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Originally posted by orbital
If, after encountering a miraculous (scientifically unfathomable) anomaly that is characteristic of God to manifest, an atheist investigates and discovers no trickery or mental instability at work, which of the following explanations of the anomaly is more reasonable for the atheist to believe in- that God has created a miracle, or that the anomaly had spontaneously and randomly occurred?
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Perhaps there's a third option: the "miraculous anomaly" cannot be explained scientifically <b>YET</b>, but will be explained in the future.
Example: In the olde days, people wondered why the sun moved around in the sky. They explained that by saying their respective gods made it move. Today we can explain how it works, but at the time it certainly seemed miraculous, impossible to explain with their "science".
Oh, and if something really freaky happened, it can still be attributed to chance. I know enough about quantum-mechanics to know that the world is infinately more freaky than most people think. For example, because of quantum-mechanics' probability, it is possible (if unlikely) that I'll suddenly move 2 meters to the left without any apparent reason. Certainly a "miraculous anomaly", but not one initiated by some god.