Agreed. From my studies, it seems that miracles are generally seen as demonstrations of power over / understanding of the laws by which the universe operates, t

Agreed. From my studies, it seems that miracles are generally seen as demonstrations of power over / understanding of the laws by which the universe operates, they needn't be magical in nature. More akin to me being able to change parameter of a computer program I wrote becasue I have intimate knowledge of how it is built and have access to the source code.