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St. Augustine said that miracles are not contrary to nature, only what we know about nature.

— Peter Watts  ·  Millennium

A brass compass and a small pale moth sit beneath a glass bell jar against deep blue.
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The quote passes along a view that miracles don't break nature's rules; they only break what we currently understand about nature. In other words, something that seems impossible may just reveal the limits of our knowledge rather than a suspension of natural law.

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