--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Albert, > > This is the first time, and your first posting that > is written properly and meaningful; also it is > written with content appropriate to the 'Topic in > the Subject Line'. "Miracles" > > However that does not mean that Selma's posting, to > which you are responding, is in anyway wrong! Selma > has written sensibly and accurately and you should > take note of that! > Mario adds: > It may be useful here to discuss a "miracle" is. > My understanding is that a miracle is an extraordinary event for which there is no clear cut scientific explanation. These are by their nature few and far between. The religious then ascribe these to divine intervention, whereas the non-religious may call it an anomaly. > To a religious person like me calling almost anything unusual a miracle - "Miracles happen every day" - is to devalue a real miracle if and when it does happen. > In addition, the notion that miracles are more likely to happen in certain places where miracles may have happened previously should make no sense especially to a truly religious person. For example, can any religious person honestly believe that Our Lady has any more allegiance to Lourdes or Fatima than to my ancestral village grandiosely named Salvador do Mundo, where the only "miraculous" event is that my family hails from there?:-)) > The last part is a joke, Cornel, as indicated by the smiley face. No need to write a lengthy thesis on the grammatical dissonance of this being a miracle. >
