XPost: alt.atheism, sci.skeptic   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   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? we discover a way to teleport macro matter? if it   
   can be eventually explained using mathematics, then probably not   
   a miracle.   
      
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