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Evidence lacking for support of Medical ‘Miracles’

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Jun 3, 2009 in News | 0 comments

Via Live Science: The phrase “medical miracle” is a newsroom cliche. It means a situation in which a person makes an unexpected recovery despite great odds or a pessimistic prognosis. Yet often the phrase is used much more broadly to describe a seemingly supernatural or paranormal healing or curing event such as faith healing. While to many people it may seem obvious that a miracle has occurred, in reality such miracles are rarely as impressive as they seem. On the ABC newsmagazine...

The Miracles of Nature

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Dec 6, 2006 in Images, Rants | 5 comments

Miracles. Something derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning ‘something wonderful’. Recently I was asked, “how do you explain miracles if you don’t believe in god?” Like the miracle of life or childbirth? There are things we have explanations for but are no less wonderful because of it. Divine intervention? Not a chance. Where was god during the enslaving of the Jews and the blacks and women? Where was god when genocides took place in Germany, Austria,...