God in the Dock; Essays on Theology and Ethics

I really just want a summary of Chapter 2 in "God in the Docks", and what he is he saying about miracles.

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Essay 2, "Miracles" opens with a case of a woman Lewis knew who thought she saw a ghost but thought it was a hallucination. He notes that miracles seem to have disappeared in correlation with the increasing Western belief in materialism. However, this may only imply that the materialist's philosophy causes him to reinterpret any genuine miraculous experience he has. Experience alone proves nothing.

How we interpret experiences depends on our prior commitments; many argue against miracles on the grounds that supernaturalist pre-commitments are irrational. Lewis notes though that the supernaturalist must accept that there are laws of nature to even know what a miracle consists in, so she must accept the normal stability of nature, despite having to accept a reality beyond nature. If one accepts these two premises, miracles seem to occur from time to time.

Many disbelieve in Christ's resurrection because they see miracles as contrary to their aesthetic and see the laws of nature as equivalent to the laws of thought. However, these are mistakes. Lewis then maintains that most miracles are only normal actions of nature at a different speed and a smaller scale and he gives examples. Other, greater miracles, foreshadow God's actions in the universe; Christ's resurrection foreshadows the recreation of the world.

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