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A miracle is defined by Merriam-Webster (1997) as "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs."   
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A miracle is defined by Merriam-Webster (1997) as "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs."  
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Though the term "miracle" can often be heard from Christians and non-Christians alike, the entire Bible only contains one genuine reference to "miracle" and that was a quote of a non-believer (the Pharaoh) in Exodus 7:9 (RSV): "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a '''miracle''',' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"
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Under Christianity and Judaism, God is truth and a miracle is nothing more than a "sign" of the truth. The term "sign" appears frequently in the Bible where many today would describe it as a "miracle".
    
A purely scientific definition of a miracle is this:  a net decrease in [[entropy]].  It follows from this definition that the greatest miracle would be the conversion of decaying matter to human life, as in the Resurrection.
 
A purely scientific definition of a miracle is this:  a net decrease in [[entropy]].  It follows from this definition that the greatest miracle would be the conversion of decaying matter to human life, as in the Resurrection.
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