Miracle
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"What? The miracle merely an error of interpretation? A lack of philology?"--Beyond Good and Evil (1886) by Friedrich Nietzsche |
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A miracle, derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning "something wonderful", is a striking interposition of divine intervention by God in the universe by which the ordinary course and operation of Nature is overruled, suspended, or modified. Although many religious texts and people confirm witnessing or prophesying various events which they refer to as "miraculous", it is disputed whether there are scientifically confirmed occurrences of miracles. People in different faiths have substantially different definitions of the word "miracle". Even within a specific religion there is often more than one usage of the term.
Baruch Spinoza
In his Theologico-Political Treatise Spinoza claims that miracles are merely lawlike events whose causes we are ignorant of. We should not treat them as having no cause or of having a cause immediately available. Rather the miracle is for combating the ignorance it entails, like a political project. See Epistemic theory of miracles.
See also
- A Course in Miracles
- Act of God
- Cessationism
- Existence of God
- Lourdes effect
- Magic and religion
- Međugorje
- Miracle birth
- Miracles at Lourdes
- Miracles (book)
- Paranormal
- Pieter De Rudder
- Scientific skepticism
- Signs and wonders
- Snake handling
- Snake oil
- Spontaneous remission ("medical miracles")
- Weeping statue
- The Miracles
