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| Maybe it’s a Ceremonial Deistic Miracle… |
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July 28, 2002
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Amish Tech Support takes CNN to task for referring to the Quecreek rescue as a ‘miracle’. He muses on the Mirriam-Webster definitions of the term.
I think he’s missing CNN’s cutting-edge use of ceremonial deism. If “Under God” is a meaningless phrase that merely serves to solemnize the Pledge of Allegiance, then a miracle, which manifestly displays divine intervention, is merely an event of note. The first definition in M-W is the same as the second.
In cleaving to this definition, CNN follows the current usage of ‘miracle’ on CNNSI
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| .:Posted by Michael on July 28, 2002 11:44 PM:.
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