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Thread #131480   Message #2967202
Posted By: Amos
17-Aug-10 - 12:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: God balances the books
Subject: RE: BS: God balances the books
The nature of miracle-ness (miraculousity?) is that it happens outside the bounds of normal belief.

THis can just as easily be a problem in where those bounds are set, as the case of something "super-natural" occurring.

If you believe that all thoughts come from the Mother Goddess Kominta Naouw, then the notion of a cellphone conversation may seem miraculous.

I don't have to recite Clark again, do I?

Similarly, if you are hide-bound and committed to a Newtonian worldview, the coupling of quantum bits seems a bit miraculous.


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