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A miracle is an event attributed to a supernatural agent even if there is a naturalistic explanation for the event.

The following are some sources for information on miracles.

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Should religiously significant coincidences be seen as miracles?

It seems that in most of philosophical history, the attention of the word miracle has referred to a direct violation of a law of nature. It would, however, be naive to not notice how religious coincidences often underpin the reasons for many people…
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Does quantum mechanics make miracles merely coincidences?

Part of the reason events like Moses parting the Red Sea or a person tunneling through a wall is considered miraculous is because this is considered a violation of a law of nature. But doesn’t the modern theory of quantum mechanics imply that even…
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Is Hume's famous quote on miracles equivalent to Sagan's extraordinary claim principle?

Hume said "That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish" Sagan said "extraordinary claims require…
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Is this argument about miracles fallacious and if so how?

Is this argument about miracles fallacious and if so how? Every miracle we have studied can be better explained without God's intervention. So we infer via abduction and induction that God will never perform a miracle. So we can define a miracle…
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Do miracles have a probability of zero, or are they simply extremely unlikely events?

Splitting the sea into two seems physically impossible because they break physical laws. However, is this because the chance of atoms rearranging together such that the sea splits is extremely minute, or is this because it is physically…
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