Biblical Miracles are Not Humanly Explainable

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Sep 30, 2008 at 19:43

It was initially the inclination of this reader to not try and settle an answer to the disconnected proposition in the previous post. But there is an intrigue of why, after being told this reader is not a student of the Quran, why is there posed a question about the Quran that should be answerable by a student of the Quran?

But let us answer the Biblical inquiry first, of the paradox than cannot be answered with human logic, namely, of scientific miracles in the Holy Bible. IF a miracle can be scientifically explained, then it is not a miracle. For example, who can explain the conception of Yeshua HaMashiach, which we have both agreed does not have an earthly father, for the LORD Almighty God is His Father. That is a miracle. The Holy Bible is filled with such supernatural activities, explainable only by faith in Him.

Now, as to the second part of the previous post, let us presume that even though this reader does not have any credentials for taking on Quranic apologetics, we shall point out that the Almighty God of the Holy Bible never swore an oath by anything other than His own Name and personal attributes, the only perfect oath that can be sworn. It is even a Biblical imperative spoken by Yeshua HaMashiach that mankind should never swear an oath, since in the imperfection of humanity, such oaths are subject to failure for the lack of perfection.

In the Holy Bible, the stars are part of the creation, and they are only temporary for the ages of this mortal realm, so they are hardly the permanent apparitions to be making oaths by, so the idea of Almighty God swearing by the stars is a fabrication, somewhat of an occultic one at that.

So, no, I cannot explain why the Quranic deity would swear by the stars.

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