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What is meant by the term miracle?
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Miracles What is meant by the term miracle? 'Miracle- wonder, marvel, phenomenon, prodigy' (CollinsGem Thesaurus New Edition) 'Wonderful, good, something that happens believes to have supernatural or divine cause.' (Oxford School Dictionary) 'Out of the ordinary appears to be impossible.' (Nick Lowry) 'Something people want but don't always happen.' (Alex Kirk) 'Something strange which is not supposed to happen.' (Patrick Brown) 'An act of God.' (Matthew Lowrie) 'Faith in action.' (Alex Kirk) 'Supernatural event.' (Sam Lovell) 'A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.' (David Hume) To me, a miracle is an act of God. The act could happen to anyone and is unusually helpful, superficial and supernatural. Most of the time the receiver realizes that a miracle has...
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