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In thinking about miracles, i believe that our frame of reference has been too dramatic. we have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives for evidence of the miraculous, maintaining at the same time a scientific orientation.
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In Thinking About Miracles, I Believe That

M. Scott Peck
In thinking about miracles, i believe that our frame of reference has been too dramatic. we have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives for evidence of the miraculous, maintaining at the same time a scientific orientation.
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