> If we're going to assign miracle status to improbable events, it should probably not be those that fall within the 20-50% range. It's telling, for example, t

> If we're going to assign miracle status to improbable events, it should probably not be those that fall within the 20-50% range. It's telling, for example, that God never heals amputees. This illogic is fairly harmless in the OP's situation--if his belief in a God makes him happy, good for him I guess. But a lot of my atheist friends have had serious accidents or illnesses where religious people have tried to use it as on opportunity to proselytize. "Hey, you survived X horrible event, don't you think that means someone was looking out for you?" Well, if someone is looking out for us, they're doing a crap job, or X horrible event wouldn't have happened in the first place. The last thing I want when I'm lying in a hospital bed in pain is to hear about your imaginary friend.