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Related: E: Miracles the definitions ofThe limits of reason: Philip Pullman on why we believe in magic A new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford brings together a multitude of objects and artworks – there’s a “poppet” or rag doll with a stiletto stuck through its face, an amulet containing a human heart, a wisp of “ectoplasm” apparently extruded by a medium in Wales, and too many others to count – from a dark world of nonsense and superstition that we ought to have outgrown a long time ago. At least, that’s how I imagine rationality would view it. I find myself in an awkward position rationality-wise, because my name is listed on the website of the Rationalist Association as a supporter, and at the same time I think this exhibition is full of illuminating things, and the mental world it illustrates is an important – no, an essential part of the life we live. I’d better try to work out what I mean.
Cured mom: Newman event 'experience of a thousand lifetimes' The Chicago mother healed from a potentially lethal hemorrhage at the intercession of St. John Henry Newman has described his canonization as "the experience of a thousand lifetimes." Melissa Villalobos attended the Oct. 13 ceremony at the Vatican with her husband and their seven children, and together they carried the offertory gifts to Pope Francis, who blessed her youngest sons, John Henry and Blaise. The pope also met Gemma, 5, who as an unborn baby was saved when heavy bleeding from a torn placenta came to a sudden halt after her mother prayed to the English cardinal for help. "It is difficult to express in mere words the immense joy and gratitude I feel in my heart to have had my entire family in Rome, including Gemma, for the canonization of St. John Henry Newman," Villalobos said in an Oct. 16 email to Catholic News Service.
Newman miracle mother: Canonisation events ‘experience of a thousand lifetimes’ The Chicago mother healed from a potentially lethal haemorrhage at the intercession of St John Henry Newman has described his canonisation as “the experience of a thousand lifetimes.” Melissa Villalobos attended the October 13 ceremony at the Vatican with her husband and their seven children, and together they carried the offertory gifts to Pope Francis, who blessed her youngest sons, John Henry and Blaise. The Pope also met Gemma, 5, who as an unborn baby was saved when heavy bleeding from a torn placenta came to a sudden halt after her mother prayed to the English cardinal for help.
Missouri Boy's heart starts beating after his mother prays aloud to God A Missouri boy's heart started beating after his mother prayed aloud to God in a hospital room, she says. John Smith fell through ice on top of a lake and stayed under for 15 minutes, KDSK reported. Two of his friends also made the fall, with the NBC affiliate reporting 'When rescuers arrived, one was almost out of the water, another was holding onto the ice and one couldn't be found.' The 14-year-old was reportedly taken to SSM St. Joseph Hospital West on Martin Luther King Day, when the trio's drop into the waters of Lake Sainte Louise occurred. Fatima at 100: Can a scientist take the Miracle of the Sun seriously? The crowd looking at 'the Miracle of the Sun', which happened during the Our Lady of Fatima apparitions (Wikimedia Commons) A scientific perspective does not rule out miracles. We must remain open to exploring the unexplained
Spinoza, part 2: Miracles and God's will At the heart of Baruch Spinoza's philosophy is a challenge to the traditional Judeo-Christian view of the relationship between God and the world. While the Hebrew Bible and the Christian scriptures share a conception of God as the creator of the natural world and the director of human history, Spinoza argues that everything that exists is an aspect of God that expresses something of the divine nature. This idea that God is not separate from the world is expounded systematically in the Ethics, Spinoza's magnum opus. However, a more accessible introduction to Spinoza's view of the relationship between God and nature can be found in his discussion of miracles in an earlier text, the Theologico-Political Treatise.