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   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/8/26 1:02 PM, jojo wrote:   
   > JTEM wrote:   
   >> On 1/8/26 12:40 PM, jojo wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> would you say that a miracle is something that defies   
   >>   causality or that   
   >>> it must be confined within the realm of causality?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> No.   
   >>   
   >> A miracle should be anything that's conventionally   
   >> impossible, given the specific circumstances.   
   >>   
   >> Entire herds of elephants exist. They are not a miracle   
   >> per se. But if an entire herd appeared in a crowded   
   >> suburban neighborhood and a thousand ring doorbells,   
   >> security cams & traffic cams could find not a trace of   
   >> them getting there, nor any type of vehicle that might   
   >> carry them, that would be a "Miracle." Would it not?   
   >>   
   >   
   > depends right?   
      
   No. Under the specific circumstances laid out, it would be   
   a miracle.   
      
      
      
      
      
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