What is a miracle?
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A1: What is a miracle? 'A miracle may be accurately defined as a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent.' David Hume "Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood." George Santayana A miracle is a 'marvellous event due to some supposed supernatural agency' Oxford English Dictionary. In my opinion I believe that a miracle is an event that cannot be explained for by scientific reasoning, and so we do not understand why and how it has happened. This could be due to the fact that we do not have the scientific knowledge and understanding to fully be able to explain it as even today we are learning knew things about the world around us. People interpret miracles differently; some may believe that they have been performed by some higher power, such as...

