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[rone]

Did Jesus's multiplications of loaves and fish defy the law of conservation of mass and energy?  Or did he coalesce the stuff out of energy, Star Trek replicator-style?

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[mskala.livejournal.com]

I think it must have violated conservation of energy, or some other physical law if not that one, because otherwise it would be spiritually meaningless from most of the points of view that take the story seriously. If we say he didn't break any laws of physics and just applied some technique we don't (or worse, do) understand, then that (a believer would argue...) cheapens the whole affair and admits the heresy that maybe someone other than Jesus could have done it too.

Note that I'm not one of the people who necessarily believes the story as usually told. But I think it's pretty clear that the story as usually told has the punchline "And he wasn't limited by conservation of energy like an ordinary person would be!"

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

So, what, it's not enough of a miracle that he summoned bread and fish out of the air — he has to break the laws of physics, too? You are one tough customer.