Can science coexist with miracles?
The Bible claims that God does miracles. If this is true and miracles do occur, is science possible? Yes. Effective science requires a world that is usually natural, but it doesn’t have to be always natural. Science would be impossible in a world with constant “Alice in Wonderland” surprises and no reliable cause-effect relationships. But if, despite occasional miracles, our world usually operates with its normal/natural patterns, science will be possible and useful. In fact, the logic of science — which helps us recognize the usual patterns in nature — can help us recognize when results seem to differ from these patterns, when a miracle may have occurred. Christians do not have to choose between science and miracles. We can believe that science is a reliable source of knowledge, and that miracles did occur in the Bible, do occur now, and might have occurred in the formative history of nature.
