But the science of the future will do just that. Just as modern science has explained away some of what the ancients thought miraculous, future science will explain away all of what we think miraculous. This objection is a religious faith, not science. What science will do tomorrow, no one knows today, and we cannot argue scientifically from what is not known. The true meaning of a miracle is anything that excites wonder and joy and love.
Human love is the real miracle, in the only important sense of the word.
You can empty any word of meaning by stretching it so thin that it covers everything. Sunsets and babies and acts of love are wonderful and beautiful, but they are not miracles. Miracle means supernatural wonder, not natural wonder.5. The world has its own laws and stands on its own. Once we stopped seeing t he world as a mere stage set moved about at will by arbitrary gods, we stopped believing in miracles.