The "science" of Miracles

Yes, I understand that is your assertion. But again, you show no evidence that it was a miracle or a supernatural event.You have repeated several times that there is no known way to test the supernatural.If wine was turned into blood, whether by incantation or some other means, it simply is evidence that it is possible to turn wine into blood.A Miracle is defined as a supernatural event, something impossible in the natural world.If something happens in the natural world then it is not impossible.That refutes the second part of the definition.What is missing though is any evidence to show it is a supernatural event.You might believe it is a supernatural event but there is no evidence to show it is a supernatural event.All we have at that point is an unexplained event.Reality trumps even definitions.

But there is no way to rule out ALL natural causes, only those natural causes we know. Only piss poor science would say that; reasonable sciences says "That is impossible given today's knowledge and technology." LoLToo funny.We do not know anyway that could happen. But we also don't know of anyway to detect supernatural intervention.If it happened all we can say is that it did happen. YOU might call them miracles. That does not mean they are miracles or even evidence of miracles. But I have not made that argument and in fact have said several times that people can and do label things as a miracle.Labels do exist.

It would not be evidence of a miracle. It would be evidence that it happened.

And yes, I agree, you might use that label. I might even use that label. But it is still nothing but a label and not evidence of anything other than our ignorance.

Oxford University Press will publish most anything they deem saleable.But again, read what you write. Note that claiming the Exodus even happened IS a speculative vague assertion as is any possible route they might have taken.But any route they might have taken would still be through Egypt and areas controlled by Egypt.The loss of a Pharaoh and army and horses and chariots and armaments and supplies is also something that would not go unnoticed by the other super-powers of the day and yet there is no evidence such an event happened.The need to replace all the things lost is also something that would not go unnoticed by the other super-powers of the day and yet there is no evidence such an event happened.All of the super-powers of the period were creating written inventories and commercial transactions at the time yet there is no indication of a transaction "One thousand horses with chariots plus two million sets of armaments to replace items lost on the northern front" or "Oh, and new Pharaoh needed, experience preferred."

Maybe an even bigger issue related to the story of the Exodus is the story itself. It is written and presented in a classic serial folktale style, perfect as a way to extend the stay of the storyteller night after night; to get fed and bed another day; a classic Saturday matinee short before the movie.It is "So kids, remember last week Pharaoh said he would let the people go. Let's look in and see what's happening this week."Not so fast!" said God. "I will change Pharaoh's heart."So suddenly Pharaoh thought "I know I said all the people could go but for some strange reason I feel a need to change my mind. Run tell Moshe to hold up, he's got some 'splainin to do."Moshe and his brother Ron and sister Miri knew what had happened. "It was God again, I just know it. He must have yet another magic trick to show us but you know, things like locust and frogs and red water get really old after awhile. Why won't he just accept what the Pharaoh says and we can get on our way?"Come back next week to find out if Moshe and Ron and Miri get to go Walkabout again and what magic trick will God do now?

Of course they can and have. In fact most of the stories about God regardless of which religion involves a God that interacts with humans. Heracles is a great example of not just a God who had time to listen but for some pillow talk as well. Ganesha is the remover of obstacles. Hermes and Mercury were messengers constantly carrying message between humans and gods. The God of Genesis 2&3 had time to listen and even make clothes.It's likely the authors of those stories believed very strongly that there were gods who had time to listen.

It could be but so far there has never been any evidence that He exists or can do anything or is very intelligent.

I don't pretend to be a Christian Faith, I am a Christian.Once again reality shows you are simply wrong.

I cannot think of any such possible evidence.

I cannot imagine any test that might lead to a conclusion that a miracle happened.

No, you have not provided any evidence of a miracle. Like Faith, you have made claims but offered nothing in the way of evidence of a miracle.

Except there is still no evidence of anything that is not natural. While the TOE actually explained a process, method, model, procedure to explain the evidence a God theory explains noting, cannot be used to make predictions, cannot be tested, cannot be verified.Sorry but you still have presented no examples that show a miracle happened.

Not true. It might be difficult for YOU to arrive at any other conclusion but I can conclude very easily that the evidence is unexplained.

Again, not true.You may say they are inexplicable but I would say "They are unexplained and right now inexplicable".