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A '''miracle''' is a perceptible interruption of the [[Science|laws of nature]], such that can be attempted to be explained by [[divine]] intervention, and is sometimes associated with a miracle-worker. Many folktales, religious [[texts]], and people claim various events they refer to as "miraculous". People in different [[culture]]s have substantially different definitions of the word "miracle". Even within a specific [[religion]] there is often more than one of the term. Sometimes the term "miracle" may refer to the action of a [[supernatural]] [[being]] that is not a god. Thus, the term "divine intervention", by contrast, would refer specifically to the direct involvement of a [[deity]].

A '''miracle''' is a perceptible interruption of the [[Science|laws of nature]], such that can be attempted to be explained by [[divine]] intervention, and is sometimes associated with a miracle-worker. Many folktales, religious [[texts]], and people claim various events they refer to as "miraculous". People in different [[culture]]s have substantially different definitions of the word "miracle". Even within a specific [[religion]] there is often more than one of the term. Sometimes the term "miracle" may refer to the action of a [[supernatural]] [[being]] that is not a god. Thus, the term "divine intervention", by contrast, would refer specifically to the direct involvement of a [[deity]].

In casual usage, "miracle" may also refer to any statistically unlikely but beneficial event, (such as the survival of a natural disaster) or even which regarded as "wonderful" regardless of its likelihood, such as birth. Other miracles might be: survival of a terminal illness, escaping a life threatening situation or 'beating the odds.'

In casual usage, "miracle" may also refer to any statistically unlikely but beneficial event, (such as the survival of a natural disaster) or even which regarded as "wonderful" regardless of its likelihood, such as birth. Other miracles might be: survival of a terminal illness, escaping a life threatening situation or 'beating the odds.'

==Miracles as supernatural acts==

==Miracles as supernatural acts==

In this view, a miracle is a violation of normal laws of nature by some supernatural entity or unknown, outside [[force]]. Some scientist-theologians like [[John Polkinghorne]] suggest that miracles are not violations of the laws of [[nature]] but "exploration of a new regime of [[physical]] [[experience]]."[1]

In this view, a miracle is a violation of normal laws of nature by some supernatural entity or unknown, outside [[force]]. Some scientist-theologians like [[John Polkinghorne]] suggest that miracles are not violations of the laws of [[nature]] but "exploration of a new regime of [[physical]] [[experience]]."[1]

# "“Miracles are not possible,” some claim. Is this true?". ChristianAnswers.net. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.

# "“Miracles are not possible,” some claim. Is this true?". ChristianAnswers.net. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.

# Paul K. Hoffman. "A Jurisprudential Analysis Of Hume’s “in Principal” Argument Against Miracles" (PDF). Christian Apologetics Journal, Volume 2, No. 1, Spring, 1999; Copyright ©1999 by Southern Evangelical Seminary. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.

# Paul K. Hoffman. "A Jurisprudential Analysis Of Hume’s “in Principal” Argument Against Miracles" (PDF). Christian Apologetics Journal, Volume 2, No. 1, Spring, 1999; Copyright ©1999 by Southern Evangelical Seminary. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.

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# Messori, Vittorio (2000): Il miracolo. Indagine sul più sconvolgente prodigio mariano. - Rizzoli: BUR.

# Messori, Vittorio (2000): Il miracolo. Indagine sul più sconvolgente prodigio mariano. - Rizzoli: BUR.

# Religion in the Roman World

# Religion in the Roman World

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.smajournalonline.com/pt/re/smj/fulltext.00007611-200712000-00016.htm The history of thinking about miracles in the West.]

* [https://www.smajournalonline.com/pt/re/smj/fulltext.00007611-200712000-00016.htm The history of thinking about miracles in the West.]

* [http://signtificverses.blogspot.com/ Click here for Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an]  

* [https://signtificverses.blogspot.com/ Click here for Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an]  

* [http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/  About the miracles of the Quran]

* [https://www.miraclesofthequran.com/  About the miracles of the Quran]

* [http://www.backtoislam.com/?cat=68 God's Miracles, Islamic perspective]

* [https://www.backtoislam.com/?cat=68 God's Miracles, Islamic perspective]

* [http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/yuktibaadi.htm An Indian Skeptic's explanation of miracles: By Yuktibaadi] compiled by [[Basava Premanand]]

* [https://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/yuktibaadi.htm An Indian Skeptic's explanation of miracles: By Yuktibaadi] compiled by Basava Premanand

* [http://www.cdk.si/grz/relig_ic_e.htm Religious miracles]

* [https://www.cdk.si/grz/relig_ic_e.htm Religious miracles]

*[http://www.55a.net/firas/english/ The Quran Miracles Encyclopedia]

*[https://www.55a.net/firas/english/ The Quran Miracles Encyclopedia]

*[http://www.islamicmedicine.org/medmiraclesofquran/medmiracleseng.htm Medical Miracles of the Quran]

*[https://www.islamicmedicine.org/medmiraclesofquran/medmiracleseng.htm Medical Miracles of the Quran]

* [http://www.skepdic.com/miracles.html Skeptic's Dictionary on miracles]

* [https://www.skepdic.com/miracles.html Skeptic's Dictionary on miracles]

* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/miracles/  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry]

* [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/miracles/  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry]

* [http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=248167 Why Don't Miracles Happen Today? - A Jewish view on miracles nowadays] chabad.org

* [https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=248167 Why Don't Miracles Happen Today? - A Jewish view on miracles nowadays] chabad.org

* [http://home.regent.edu/ruthven/cess.html On the Cessation of the Charismata] — the problem of miracles today.

* [https://home.regent.edu/ruthven/cess.html On the Cessation of the Charismata] — the problem of miracles today.

* Andrew Lang, [http://www.psychanalyse-paris.com/823-Science-and-Miracles.html "Science and 'Miracles'"], ''The Making of Religion'' Chapter II, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York and Bombay, 1900, pp 14–38.

* Andrew Lang, [https://www.psychanalyse-paris.com/823-Science-and-Miracles.html "Science and 'Miracles'"], ''The Making of Religion'' Chapter II, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York and Bombay, 1900, pp 14–38.

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Miracle Miracle in Catholic Encyclopedia]

* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Miracle Miracle in Catholic Encyclopedia]

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/miracle Miracle in 1911 Brittanica]

* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/miracle Miracle in 1911 Brittanica]

* My Burning Bush, Nancy's Miracle from God, from Judaism to the Lord Jesus Christ by Nancy Goldberg Hilton,hiltonbooks.com

* My Burning Bush, Nancy's Miracle from God, from Judaism to the Lord Jesus Christ by Nancy Goldberg Hilton,hiltonbooks.com

* Article "miracle" in the Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science * [http://www.disf.org/en/Voci/86.asp]

* Article "miracle" in the Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science * [https://www.disf.org/en/Voci/86.asp]

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