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During the video section Mart DeHaan interviewed people on the street in Tiberias. He asked them if they believed in miracles. He concluded: “I sensed in the residents of Tiberias that the ‘miracles’ they believed in would not have been as dramatic as someone turning water into wine or bringing a dead person back to life; yet according to the Gospel narratives, Jesus displayed an authority and power over nature that had no natural explanation.” What might be the basis for their personal convictions concerning miracles?
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<font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>doreo que estan tan acostumbrado a los relatos de milagros en esta tierra de Tiberias que no les impacta, una persona es convencida hasta que experimenta un milagro personal, sea el perdon de pecado y la redencion oh algo que cambio su vida al ser parte de un milagro de sanidad divina o transformacion de una mala vida a una vida nueva</font></font>
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The personal convictions of the people interviewed by Mart DeHaan in Tiberias concerning miracles might be based on their individual life experiences and cultural or religious perspectives. While they may believe in the possibility of miracles, their views could be shaped by a more modern or rational understanding of the world, leading them to expect less dramatic or supernatural occurrences. They might associate miracles with small, everyday events that they perceive as acts of divine intervention, rather than the extraordinary, biblical miracles that defy the laws of nature, such as turning water into wine or raising the dead. These convictions may also be influenced by their personal beliefs in how God interacts with the world today, focusing on subtle, spiritual, or emotional experiences rather than large-scale, visible miracles.
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It seems that these people believed that miracles, were not things that go against the laws of nature, but just every day incredible events, like a baby being born, or people meeting together. There personal convictions may have been based on that most things happen according to the natural laws of the universe.
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Miracles are difficult to explain. Without physical evidence to witness, individuals are challenged to believe events from ancient past. God still performs miracles today. His power has not failed and continues to amaze us to this day.
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They seemed to have basically generalized a miracle. I dont think they actually experienced or seen a miracle, could be lack of knowledge or just think its nature, it happens.
If they ever had seen a true miracle they would have been telling of them with such enthusiasm.