Lucky:
Did anyone see the Daily Show last night? (do you europeans get it on CNN or another channel? Here in the US it's on Comedy Central). They had a segment on "Miracles" and were talking about the plane crash in Toronto. John Stewart quoted a definition of miracles (similar to Terry's definition) and said so the "act of God involved in all this was actually the lightning striking the plane". It wasn't a miracle that everyone got out alive. It was due to the quick thinking on the part of all the people involved. Of course, he was very funny about it all. But I agree with him; a lot of things that getted marked down as "miracles" are actually people just showing good, quick judgement in challenging situations.
I know about this. I saw the pictures. You know what? As long as people could get God out of the picture they'd say things like that. Yet people who are wiser and perhaps even older would definitely say it is a MIRACLE.
Why did the word miracle came to be if some people just can't accept it. Seeing is believing YET I don't think people realise they are doing the opposite.
HF