11/24/2013

Why Medical Miracles Attract So Much Attention

By Susan Dawson


Miraculous acts and events are as old as humankind itself. Thousand year old records from all the great civilizations tell of deities, spirits, humans and even animals that somehow defied logic and the laws of nature to accomplish something that was deemed utterly impossible. This is especially true for the field of medicine. There are numerous accounts of sick people that were told that they are terminally ill, only to recover completely. Stories of medical miracles abound to this day.

Debates regarding to miraculous cures abound. There are many medical experts that are more than willing to declare publicly that they have given up on a patient, only to see him or her recover in a remarkable manner. In some cases it is impossible to even trace the original disease after the recovery. However, whether such recoveries are indeed miraculous or due to unknown science is still a matter for discussion and research.

It is understandable that people with terminal and serious diseases seek alternative help and solutions. Many of them scour the internet and other sources for advice and information, and in most cases they are apt to stumble across a host of solutions for their problems. In many cases they will have to deal with a load of hogwash, but stories of miraculous cures have a special appeal.

Many people believe that it is necessary to return to nature in order to affect a miraculous cure. They learn about certain vegetables, herbs and other substances that are said to have properties that can cure almost any disease. Many people actually go for such cures, perhaps because they become desperate. Medical scientists warn against such untested miraculous natural cures, however and it would be a good idea to get a second opinion.

It is interesting to note that a large number of faith healers claim that only the deity that they support is actually able to engineer miraculous healings. These healers hold special services, lay hands on their followers or anoint them, and claim to be a channel through which the deity heals the supplicant. Unfortunately, many of these healings have been exposed as fraudulent.

Another interesting trend is that people come to believe that Mother Nature can provide a miraculous cure. Many seriously ill people totally alter their diets to include all sorts of herbs and foods that are said by so called experts to be beneficial to them. Many others believe that they will be viewed mercifully by the magic makers if the sacrifice something important in their own lives.

Of course, skeptics say that miraculous healings have nothing to do with magic, religion or any other supernatural factor. They say that human knowledge is incomplete and that inexplicable results are common and that the only reason why it cannot be explained logically is because human knowledge is incomplete. Too few clinical or empirical studies have been done about such miraculous healings.

Stories of medical miracles certainly abound and there are many websites that allow people to relate their own personal experiences. Whether there are truly miracles or not is most certainly still an issue for debate. However, those that have experienced bona fide cures will swear that they were recipients of miraculous intervention.




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