-=> Quoting LORRAINE PHILLIPS to JIM CASTO <=-
 JC -> Define "miracle".  (As opposed to "coincidence".)
 LP> I'll sure glad you put that  there or I'd have had a big job ahead
 LP> of me.  I don't feel that I've encountered miracles myself, so
 LP> 'miracle' has no special meaning for me, but I know that it has a very
 LP> special meaning for some people.
 What would it take for _you_ to call an event a "miracle"?
 LP> I would not want to argue with anyone
 LP> who felt they had experienced a miracle.  It would not be for me to
 LP> judge. 
 My dictionary defines "miracle" as an event that "defies known scientific
 laws". My "brain" tells me that _most_ people equate it to some "spiritual
 entity". 
 LP> OTOH, the word 'miracle' also gets used very lightly.
 Yes.
 LP> I'll bet it was more fun when you were doing the abusing than when
 LP> they were.  ;-)
 
 I _did_ think so at the time. 
 Jim
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