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Does anyone know of any quotes comparing miracles to high odds?
Edit...I know there are no miracles. Nothing truly 'impossible' going on. All miracle claims are really just high odds. So I am looking for a quote that clarifies that they are one and the same.

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Realist9 6 Dec 1
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First off there is no such thing as a miracle........there is only probability. It takes belief in a god have a miracle.

Exactly. There are no miracles. Nothing truly 'impossible' going on. All miracle claims are really just high odds.
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Level 5

Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions one.
But magicians have calculated that million--one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Terry Pratchett, Mort (Discworld, #4)

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The odds of winning the powerball lottery are 1 in 292,201,338.00 and that's the most common miracle I can think of.

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You can shit in one hand and wish in the other see which one gets filled first.

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