Miracle

:For other uses, see Miracle (disambiguation).

Miracles as a product of creative art and social acceptance

In this view, miracles do not really occur. Rather, they are the product of creative story tellers. They use them to embellish a hero or incident with a theological flavor. Using miracles in a story allow characters and situations to become bigger than life, and to stir the emotions of the listener more than the mundane and ordinary. In the ancient world miracles were taken for granted. To suggest that they did not occur would be admitting you were irrational.

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