A Miracle by Definition

We were discussing the subject of miracles in chat one night, and the issue came up as to how one would define a miracle. Going with Websters definition, a miracle need not be by divine intervention. It need only be very unusual. Would winning the Powerball be defined as a miracle or only a fulfillment of astronomical odds?If an individual had massive cancer in their body and a month or two later the Doctor found no cancer whatsoever, would this qualify as potential divine intervention?Is everything in life bound to happen eventually according to the laws of statistical improbability and probability?Faith/Belief or Coffee House, please

It would seem that to speak of time throws us off topic! A Believer might assert, however, that God is infinite but that time is finite.Lets examine some other possible definitions of the word, miracle and place them on record, here. From a strict scientific position, Jesus and the others have never been proven to exist...so thats why this topic is in Faith/Belief.Some people view life arising on Earth as a chance interplay of favorable circumstances.If the fact that we are here and we as a species have advanced and survived thus far, is this definable as a miracle?Chance=probability.Divine intervention implies above and beyond the behavior of natural law.That encyclopedia used the term, preternatural.

As to God intervening, we can agree that this is a matter of belief.

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If so, however, does that mean that any unusual event can be explained by probable/improbable models?

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In other words, the shirt I'm wearing is green. Would there ever be a point in time that it could suddenly switch to red?

So in other words, are we ruling out the ability of humans to ever initiate miracles? If a gifted surgeon were able to save a life in a way that was virtually unheard of, would that qualify as a miracle? If so, would it have to be an impressionable influence by God (or a god, as you put it) upon the surgeons ordinary skill and nerve?