Belief in miracles does not destroy the integrity of scientific methodology, only its sovereignty. It says in effect that science does not have a sovereign claim to explain all events as natural, but only those that are regular, repeatable and/or predictable.

— Norman Geisler (1932–2019), US-amerikanischer christlicher Theologe, Philosoph und Apologet

Topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Wisdom & Understanding

Norman Geisler

Norman Geisler (1932–2019) war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe, Philosoph und Mitbegründer mehrerer akademischer Ausbildungsstätten. Bekannt wurde er als produktiver Verfechter der klassischen christlichen Apologetik sowie als treibende Kraft hinter der Chicago-Erklärung zur biblischen Irrtumslosigkeit, wobei sein scharfes Vorgehen gegen theologische Abweichungen im evangelikalen Raum teils heftige Kontroversen auslöste. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem als systematischer Verteidiger des christlichen Glaubens und als Autor zahlreicher Nachschlagewerke zu scheinbaren Bibelwidersprüchen.

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