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

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Should religiously significant coincidences be seen as miracles?

Lewis' Miracles, he explicitly says "Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature." … From that point of view, the idea of an objective, depersonalized, scientific taxonomy of miracles is arguably point-missing. …
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What is the point of prayer for theological rationalists?

If you believe that the universe exists, in some sense, inside of God --for instance, in God's mind --then it's not incompatible to simultaneously believe that God did something, that it proceeded fro …
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David Hume on Miracles

It is problematic, but for much more subtle reasons than the one you propose. It is NOT a circular definition--Hume is too cautious and clever to be caught out that easily. It's a heuristic for judgme …
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Is there anything a supernatural entity (e.g. God) could do to irrefutably prove its existen...

In its original form, this question referred specifically to God. Either everything is a proof of God, or nothing is. If you view God as a Necessary Being, then the existence of anything is an irrefut …
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