Odd that people should be skeptical of miracles. Scientific scripture currently proposes that so many billions of years ago nothing exploded into everything, spewing sun and stars, planets and humans. Sounds pretty miraculous to me. Who would have guessed that thermonuclear blasts would over time shower us with roses?
The word miracle comes from the Latin miraculum, meaning "object of wonder," and can be traced to a PIE (Proto-Indo-European) word meaning "to smile or laugh." That initial explosion would certainly be a cause for wonder, as would its countless effects, among which are you and me. That we take the miracle of being for granted does not, however, make it any less miraculous.
Perhaps scientists ought to consider the possibilities of a well known prepositional phrase: In the beginning . . .
ReplyDeleteThen they should simply read a bit further. How could it be any clearer.
Whether there is a secular or sectarian reading, you cannot get around that prepositional phrase.