Antony Flew - Christianity is dependent on the life
and teachings of Jesus Christ. An important
miracle for them is the resurrection of Christ. He
believed that a factual approach to Christianity is
needed to show the idea of reincarnation - in
other words, God is Jesus --- this is a realist view
Realism
1. Someone who is a realist in the scientific sense generally accepts
the following: the best scientific theories we have now give us true
descriptions of the world as well as of things that we know do exist
but cannot observe. As well as this, a realist believes that the world
is mind-independent, meaning that the existence of the world is not
dependent on what humans think of it.
2. Just as scientists can be realists about the world,
religious people can be realists about miracles:
Miracles are a real part of what happens in the world
and they brought by God or by people empowered
by God (e.g. Moses). God exists as a transcendent but
miracles are a proof of his existence. Despite these
things, we still do not fully understand miracles.
Anti Realism
Realist examples of miracles
Miracle as an extraordinary coincidence of a beneficial nature. An
incident as such took place with Juliane Koepcke (German-Peruvian high
school student). After surviving an extremely damaging plane crash
which killed everyone on board she was able to reach help after a nine
day journey through the Peruvian rainforest. This was despite her
several injuries and and maggot-infested wounds