Article October 21, 1985 Issue

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The Times

From The Times (London), January 5, 1985

"Science has something to say about miracles, for science lives in a necessary tension of faith, holding fast to laws and regularities already discovered while remaining alert to recognize anomalies and to judge whether they are errors, like misprints in a printed page, or hoaxes, or whether they are clues to a deeper coherence, a more profound law which will change the whole outlook of science.

"What makes a miracle, even the greatest miracle, the Resurrection, so challenging is that such an event is deeply incompatible with our best understanding of how the universe works. It is hard to accept.

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