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From: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Ken Arromdee)
Newsgroups: net.religion,talk.religion
Subject: Re: supernatural events
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Date: Tue, 2-Sep-86 10:44:44 EDT
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>It doesn't matter if we have equations to describe it; it's still
>miraculous. The very fact that there seems to be a universe and we seem
>to be sentient beings in it is about as supernatural as you're going
>to get. We shouldn't be fooled into thinking that just because we
>see something happen again and again it's less miraculous than a
>one shot deal. A sunset is a miraculous, beautiful part of the world.

This argument has always astonished me.  If you decide that such things are
"miracles", then why aren't plagues, earthquakes, etc... also considered to be
miracles?
-- 
Super-villain rule 647: NEVER tell a superhero you aren't a living being.

Kenneth Arromdee
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