Miracles

So. There was something said during class today that I wanted to elaborate on a little bit, because it sounded so striking to me when it was said. What I wrote down during class was a combination of what was said with a little bit of my own wording to get to my point: "Miraculous events are just coincidences of which we are not familiar with the outcome or result."
The result of this being said changed my idea of miracles instantaneously. Originally I thought of miracles as something that can never be explained; but with this being said I think that miracles can only be miracles for so long before someone can explain what has actually happened. Thus whatever had been seen as a miracle previously is now just an ordinary everyday happenstance. Which makes me realize that we don't quite appreciate the things that are these everyday happenstances to us now, but would have been miracles to people in history. To someone of the middle ages, the things that we do just to prepair for our normal day include numerous miracles of their time period: think of the power to turn a handle and change the temprature of flowing water because your shower was pleasing enough!
Which leaves me wondering... is it the quality of miracles we expect to change to keep our lives exciting enough to the extent that there is still something unknown out there?

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My name is Alex, and this is the page that I have set up for use in my philosophy class. The posts that I put on here will moslty be my thoughts on things that are going on in the class, partially as assignments, and partially to keep my thoughts written down. On the side of the page here is a list of links to other things I am working on this semester that are online, feel free to check them out. Other than that, I hope your stay was pleasant, and I hope that you stop by frequently to see my work.

Thanks,
Alex