On the Miracle Problem

Example 1: the miracle-maker1

We ought (or rather, we must) talk about the miracle-maker who could perform any miracle imaginable. You might consider that he possessed all possible divine, supernatural and superheroic abilities and could, at his own will, alter reality, matter, non-matter, time, space—anything at all. He was not, however, a god, a creator, or any such entity, but merely a human who suddenly (whilst still at a tender age) discovered that he could work miracles. He did not know whe...