According to a recent Pew Research study, about 35 percent of our population will say, yes, miracles occur today; I’ve experienced them and rely on them and hope to see more. Most physicians (59%) pray for the health of individual patients and say that they have seen miraculous interventions.

The middle 45% sort of believe that miracles are possible but seem somewhat apathetic.

Then there is the stubborn type who will not just resist the idea because it is anti-science, brushing it off as simple-minded wishful thinking for the gullible, they also tend to mock anyone who does believe that miracles once happened or even still happen today.

Let’s talk about this third group. These make up just 20 percent of our population but have very loud voices.

What is a miracle?

Richard Purtill, a p

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