I think a lot of miracle claims have a commonality with conspiracy theories. People are more likely to look for extreme explanations for unusual events.
Sally recovers from a case of the flu and no one claims a miracle, because people recover from flu all the time. Sally’s cancer goes into remission and it’s a miracle, because remission isn’t particularly common.
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier and generates no conspiracy theories (that I’m aware of), because people were used to aircraft getting faster and faster. Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon and conspiracy theories abound because it was a unique, significant event.
Plenty of other examples.
Boru
Sally recovers from a case of the flu and no one claims a miracle, because people recover from flu all the time. Sally’s cancer goes into remission and it’s a miracle, because remission isn’t particularly common.
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier and generates no conspiracy theories (that I’m aware of), because people were used to aircraft getting faster and faster. Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon and conspiracy theories abound because it was a unique, significant event.
Plenty of other examples.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
