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(a) Explain, with examples, what people might mean when they describe something as a miracle.
It is hard for one to define a miracle and everyone seems to have his or her own opinion on what a miracle is. ... We use the term ‘miracle’ in our everyday lives from that simply of passing a math test to surviving a bus crash, where everyone else died except for you. But why classify something, which is more likely to happen, as a miracle and at the same time classify something, which is more unlikely to happen, as a miracle?
The scholar David Hume said that a miracle could be defined as “A transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity or by the interposition of some invisible agent. ...
Miracles can also be defined as an unexpected and supernatural event, which was carried out for a religious purpose and revealing God to the people in some way. ...
A possible answer to this miracle is to use the more theological approach to defining a miracle. ...
Another example of a more recent miracle that occurred was that of Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes. ... Many people, who dipped into the water of a spring there, had said to be cured of illnesses etc. People called her vision and the healings as ‘miraculous’. It was an unexpected event, especially when such miracles with a religious significance to it has not occurred for many years, so people saw this as a miracle.
Approximate Word count = 1120
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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