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> People working in health-care have an easier time believing in God I know a great many doctors, nurses and other health-care workers and I don't know a singl
by DaveChild 16y ago
> People working in health-care have an easier time believing in God
I know a great many doctors, nurses and other health-care workers and I don't know a single one who believes in any gods. Maybe it's just a UK thing, but watching good people die painfully and slowly is fairly destructive to blind faith in an allegedly benevolent god.
> miracles do happen
[citation needed]
- bad_user 16y ago> watching good people die painfully and slowly is fairly destructive to blind faith in an allegedly benevolent god How about the other way around? ... people surviving with all odds against them. > [citation needed] I think I just gave you one.
- tome 16y agoOne in a million miracles happen about once in every million times.
- DaveChild 16y ago> How about the other way around? The occasional lucky survivor does not somehow balance out the rest. > people surviving with all odds against them. Sometimes people survive when doctors think they won't. The human body is remarkably resilient. That makes it unlikely. Unlikely != miracle.
- tjr 16y ago[citation needed] http://www.osborn.org/site/sections/1343 http://www.osborn.org/site/sections/1343