Miracles by CS Lewis

"Every event which might claim to be a miracle is, in the last resort, something presented to our senses, something seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted. And our senses are not infallible. If anything extraordinary seems to have happened, we can always say that we have been the victims of an illusion."
-- pg. 1--

"If immediate experience cannot prove or disprove the miraculous, still less can history do so. Many people think one can decide whether a miracle occurred in the past by examining the evidence 'according to the ordinary rules of historical inquiry'."
-- pg. 2--

"Those who assume that miracles cannot happen are merely wasting their time by looking into the texts: we know in advance what results they will find for they have begun by begging the question."
-- pg. 4--

"I use the word Miracle to mean an interference with Nature by supernatural power."
-- pg. 5--

Lewis, C.S. Miracles. Harper Collins: New York. 1947, renewed 2002.
ISBN 0-00-628094-3