My doctor told me his spiritual beliefs on miracles, do you agree or disagree with him? [Details inside]?

Question

He told me:
"Either everything is a miracle ... or nothing is a miracle. Miracles only disappoint you if they happen sometimes, and not other times.
So, I don't believe in miracles."

NOTE FROM ME "Jewel":
I myself do believe in miracles. When they don't happen I don't get depressed or discouraged. I simply praise God for the good and the bad, knowing He knows best for my life. I actually feel sad for my doctor, because if he did recieve a miracle, what would he attribute it to? We are to praise God for them, so if he doesn't even believe in them, how can he praise God for them. And how can you be a true follower of God if you don't believe in what His word says and you don't live your life like it says to. Sometimes I find non-believers stick to their [ideas=unbelief] even moreso than some believers. Do you?

Answer 1

Hi Jewel,

The doctor is right in a way, because everything about life is a miracle. It's too bad that he uses that as a reason to not believe in miracles though. A miracle is hard to define, which brings me to a question regarding what you are saying. You use the word like most people, meaning that some things that happen are true "divine intervention," meant to help people who are in need of the help. Have you ever witnessed such an occurance? If not, why do you believe in them? If so, why worry about whether anyone else believes in them?

My personal opinion is that God doesn't intervene in people's daily lives, unless it's to prevent things that aren't supposed to happen. The intervention provided is in communication with us, by telling us or showing us what we need to know to avoid the situation. The prophecy of the Old Testament is one example of this, in a big way. A vision that allowed me to avoid a serious automobile wreck is yet another, more discrete example.

The difference in a non-believer and a believer is the reasoning behind each's belief. So yes, non-believers are more steadfast in their belief that life is a purely organic experience, because there are no variations of that belief to get entangled in. The belief in Christ, for example, will allow a person to follow many different paths, depending on that person's environment and circumstances. In fact, when you get generic about Christ and refer to him as the Messiah, then you can find him in virtually every religion on the planet. The version you choose is the result of what you were taught by your guardians initially. When a person starts having doubts about what they were intialized into, then they may decide to see what else is out there, and switch to a more or less stringent religion as the one provided by their guardians.

You can be a "true follower of God," and not even know what "His word says," and not even know that some people believe you should "praise God." Once you truly know God, you will understand that God doesn't really want or need your praise. God wants you to understand that you have to go through the things that you have to go through, if you want to continue living on this planet in a physical body. That's because God isn't a physical human being, who relishes in flattery.

Regards,

Chris

Answer 2

What you believe as miracle may be it is based on your religious belief or something like that, but if a doctor says about miracle that would mean something realistic like if a medicine for AIDS is suddenly discovered that could cure all those are suffering throughout the world with ease then it can be said a miracle has happened. Similarly, if we can discover something that can send me to anywhere we desire to go in the outer space then that discovery can be named as a miracle.

It depends on what one expects in a miracle, like you may dream about in becoming the only queen of this universe and rule the world and everyone with your command, then I don’t think that would be a realistic miracle. :) I think a true miracle is that what uplifts the entire living creaures in this universe.

Answer 3

You would do well to read Hume's chapter 'On Miracles' and associated commentaries, I somehow doubt you will though.

Miracles are actually pretty good evidence AGAINST the Christian god by the way, if he can help you get cured or get a better job etc etc why on earth doesn't he do something about the much greater suffering in the world at large... you know all those sinning babies dying of AIDS and maleria.

Answer 4

There is a tendency to believe strongly in God's omnipotence when asking a prayer.
Followed by questioning His omniscience when the answer we expect does not appear.

I have met non believers who were moral, and respectfull, like ole godzilla, and miss avatard.

The miracle of life happens every day, you either see it or you miss out.

Answer 5

He might be right. In the truest sense all things in this world are a miracle.To us some things look good and some bad but all has to work toward the desire of God. that is not saying that there is no evil in the world there is. This world is a curse of toil and death. The Lords prayer is my witness.

Answer 6

Sorry, but the inane answers inevitably received from the question "have you ever experienced a miracle" (it gets asked here on a daily basis) makes me think that once you accept magic pixie sky daddy almost everything becomes a miracle.

"my foot doesn't hurt today! It must be a miracle!"
"My fish is still alive! It must be a miracle!"
"when I hit the button the light comes on! It must be a miracle!"

Answer 7

You said "Sometimes I find non-believers stick to their [ideas=unbelief] even moreso than some believers. Do you?" I certainly do see this in myself.

ts much easier for me to stick to my atheism than it was my christianity. This is because I really believe atheism is true. I was forcing myself to believe when I was a christian. I knew in my heart that the miracles of the bible never happened the way they were written. I am much more comfortable with myself now. I like truth.

Answer 8

I happen to agree with you wholeheartedly. Ignorance isn't bliss, it's bonage!!
Aparently your doctor is close minded to the belief that there is a Creator of all things that wants to have a close personal relationship with us!
I myself have seen the dead come back to life, among many other miracles.
I found that most unbelievers don't want to believe because that would mean that thet would have to change some things. They have this "I can do it on my own" attitude. All we can do is keep praying for them in Jesus Name. God Bless!

Answer 9

I'm a nurse (for 30 years). If a doctor who was treating me told me he believed in miracles, I would fire him as my physician on the spot, and run as fast as I could to another doctor who believed in science.
It sounds like your doctor might have overstepped his professional boundaries in explaining his beliefs, unless, of course, you had asked him first, in a conversational way. Ethics prevents us as health care professionals from discussing our personal beliefs. I'm an atheist, and I never told a patient that. They have asked, and I politely explain I am not permitted to discuss it (no state law really prevents it, but professionalism does).
But if you want to believe in miracles, go for it. The only miracle I ever witnessed was the 1969 New York Mets.

Answer 10

The first body of laws ordained by God were the laws of nature. Since he's the creator, he's also the author of the laws.

It makes no sense to me that he would put in place the laws of nature not just for our protection but for our education and then contravene them.