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    Challenges→The occurrence of rare, unusual, or extraordinary events does not demonstrate that the laws of nature have been violated

    If laws of nature merely describe what happens absent supernatural intervention, then an extraordinary event caused by a personal agent logically supplements rather than contradicts those laws.

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    Logically supplements(as used to describe the relationship between extraordinary events and natural laws)
    Adds to or works together with something without creating a contradiction—like how extra information can complement what you already know without proving it wrong.
    Personal agent(as used to describe who or what might cause an extraordinary event)
    A being with consciousness, intention, and the ability to make choices and cause things to happen—like a person, god, or intelligent entity.
    Supernatural intervention(as used in metaphysics and theology)
    The idea that a force or being beyond the natural world (like a deity) directly interferes with or causes something to happen in the physical world.
    contradicts(as used in logic)
    Directly goes against or disagrees with something—like saying two opposite things can't both be true at the same time.

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    laws of nature(Dispute between Ellis and Lowe over the modal status of laws)
    Regularities grounded either in essential facts about natural kinds (Ellis) or in the contingent possession of properties by kinds (Lowe)

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