Sabrina Johnson 10E

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A) i. Explain the term "miracle".

A miracle is a positively phenomenal, yet significant event, which requires the act of a supernatural being and is conducted for the purpose of conveying a message to an audience.

Today, different people have different ideas about what a miracle really is. According to the "Chambers 21st Century Dictionary", a miracle is:

An act or event that breaks the laws of nature, and is therefore thought to be caused by the intervention of God or another supernatural force.

This is a commendable definition for the term "miracle", because it takes the point of view of a religious person, as well as a atheist. However, this wouldn't be my own interpretation of a miracle, as I do not believe that it goes into a sufficient amount of depth for it to have true meaning for a Catholic like myself.
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According to an atheist:

A miracle is merely no more than an undiscovered natural law

(April 14th 1995 PBS program).

The definition of a miracle for the Christian and Jewish religions is found best known Bible, where people have written about the happenings of real miracles.

In the Bible, synoptic words such as dynamis, teras and semeion are words used to describe a miracle. My definition was devised by combining each of these ideas together. In the New Testament, a miracle is described as dynamis, and this means an act of ...

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