| Timmah! said: Giving yourself a logical way to denounce all miracles regardless of proof is a very convenient way to avoid the issue. This is basically what you've done. |
It is logical to denounce miracles, because each religion has miracles that give credence to themselves and not all religions can be true.
Regarding faith and healing: I'd like to see a study that showed evidence of faith on healing, because the medical and physcology studies that I have came across show that not only does faith not effect health, having a good attitude (the reason that AMA and other medical agencies supported prayer in the past) does not effect health either. The accepted stance by the American Medical Association is that faith should not get in the way of medical care and that doctors should not encourage faith.
I trust the AMA on healthcare over 5th Baptist Church, because AMA does not have a bias desire on outcome whereas churches do. Likewise, I trust doctors more, and there is a huge gap between them and the general public in regards to faith and health.
More of the public (57.4%) than the professionals (19.5%) believe that divine intervention could save a person when physicians believe treatment is futile. Other findings suggest further important insights.
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/143/8/730
