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    For God or Nature to act against itself is absurd — Carmelics
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    Supports→God does not perform miracles

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    A miracle would require God or Nature to act against itselfGod does not perform miraclesThere are not, and cannot be, any departures from the necessary course of nature

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    Nor does God perform miracles, since there are no, and cannot be, departures whatsoever from the necessary course of nature. This would be for God or Nature to act against itself, which is absurd. The belief in miracles is due only to ignorance of the true causes of phenomena.

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