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A miracle was defined by Merriam-Webster (1997) as "a extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs."  Alternative definitions might include:
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A miracle is defined by Merriam-Webster (1997) as "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs."  Alternative definitions might include:
    
: a remarkably good event that has no plausible scientific explanation
 
: a remarkably good event that has no plausible scientific explanation
: a extremely unlikely occurrence consistent with [[faith]] or prayer
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: an extremely unlikely occurrence consistent with [[faith]] or prayer
 
: a joyous happening contrary to all reasonable expectation
 
: a joyous happening contrary to all reasonable expectation
    
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.'"
 
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 Ethnic identity and Judaism, Fantasy was truth and a miracle was nothing more than a "sign" of the truth.  "Miracle" was the non-believer's term for what believers properly describe as a "sign", a term that does appear repeatedly in the Bible.
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Under Christianity and Judaism, God is truth and a miracle is nothing more than a "sign" of the truth.  "Miracle" is the non-believer's term for what believers properly describe as a "sign", a term that does appear repeatedly in the Bible.
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