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Mark Smith Miracles essay 1. R.F. Holland believed a miracle to be a remarkable and beneficial coincidence interpreted with religious and spiritual meaning. When someone tells of a miracle that has taken place they are usually beneficial and awe inspiring. For example if a person who was told under the rules of science that it would be impossible for the person walk again but the person manages miraculously stands up and walks then this would be seen as remarkable and beneficial. Holland also said that a miracle is a coincidence interpreted with religious and spiritual meaning. Miracles are often associated with religion. Holland illustrates his coincidence conception of miracle in the following example: 'A child riding his toy motor-car strays on to an unguarded railway crossing near his house and a wheel of his car gets stuck down the side of one of the rails. An express train is due to pass with...

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