Spiritually questioning can there be a more blatant oxymoron than medical miracle?

I can imagine what could be called a "medical miracle," such as an amputated arm regrowing overnight. However, I've never seen or heard of such a true miracle -- just stuff that's hard for doctors to understand.

Thank Darwin for modern medicine.

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(((Jethom)))

I get what you are saying...I get why you'd be peeved...but in pop culture speak, 'medical miracle' doesn't mean exactly what the 2 words mean separately...

When we say 'medical miracle' we aren't using miracle in terms of a divine intervention, we are using it in terms of the mysterious (to us lay people) almost magical (again, to those of us who don't have any medical training) things that the doctors, nurses, etc. accomplish.

Think of showing a cave man a lighter. He'd be amazed, find you god-like. That is what I hear when somebody says "medical miracle" - the medical staff with their god-like powers (at least to me & all the other folk who can barely fathom what they do) have done it, not some god.

I think that is the intention of most people who use it. I think true fundies would also find "medical miracle" an offencive term, because they'd say 'medical' takes the miracle part away from god.

Just my take on the issue.

That is true, it is an oxymoron.

One of my favorite oxymorons is those signs I see at the beginning of Summer that say: Vacation Bible School.

(((jetholm))) With God all things are possible, even blatant oxymorons.

Perhaps this was too high-brow for the average YARS crowd. '-)