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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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  Joseph Del rosso

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  11/21/2021 at 13:16

  One underlying belief may be that Jesus was not the Messiah so the realm of miracles has been reduced to everday natural occurences. Many who call themselves ‘spiritual’ are self defined. ‘All roads lead to heaven’. Many are not familiar with the Bible or do not give it the credibility it deserves. This occurs even among so called christians. And of course there are the atheists & agnostics. Human nature (apart from Christ) will find ‘reasons’ to justify whatever they believe.

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  Steven Le Jeune

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  11/11/2021 at 06:53

  Maybe these people are more open than us and less faded, so that’s why they experience everyday occurences as miracles.
  If we just took the time and think about everyday events that we find normal, we might feel the same way too.
  It can indeed feel like a miracle that the sun comes up every single day or that a child is born, but to be clear it doesn’t really qualify
  as a true miracle in my opinion. I agree with the definition put forward by Lewis.

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  Cory Kettleman

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  10/13/2021 at 19:53

  I think that the miracles Jesus did during his ministry really aren’t around any more. You may hear of something in a faraway land, but its not something that happens during most of our lifetimes

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  Dana Ra

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  10/06/2021 at 23:29

  The basis for their personal convictions concering miracles might be influenced by their surrounding environment. Perhaps these people lead a simple and very in tune with the world around them. They might experience “miracles” on a smaller basis, but non the less they are still miracles. How grand would it have been to witness on of Jesus’ miracles, such as raising a person from the dead?! The “dramatic” miracles are rare and often only seen by a select few. Thus, I am sensing that the people interviewed did not want to minimize the extent to which miracles occur. Miracles occur, but not always on the most extravagent stage.

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  Robert Pope

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  08/05/2021 at 15:40

  It was mentioned a little earlier on, the miracles that the people of Tiberias have experienced is not that law of nature changing experience. Instead it is in the small ways the non biblical miracles of regular life. Or the gentleman who didn’t believe in miracles, it was just based on factual information not what he could not see.

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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 Gospelnarratives, Jesus displayed an authority and power over nature that had no natural explanation.” Do you agree with the responses of the people interviewed?

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