God would not have given us reason and intelligence if we were expected to never use them. It is those very things that provide the free-will without which faith is meaningless. I believe that miraculous healings do take place, and have witnessed a couple, but a miracle is exactly that ... an unusual, out of the ordinary experience, normally reserved, in my opinion, for when there is a reason for it to take place.
I have what I describe as a broken eye - a scarred retina as a result of a squash ball hitting it, and for a few months after the injury occurred several people were praying for it to be healed. I asked them to stop, not least because I came to realise that while there was nothing medical science could do do to heal it, it didn't actually prevent me doing anything I did before. Except watch 3D movies, although whether that is a good or bad thing is an open question.
Anyway, enough faith talk.
it just makes me sad every time I see a person of faith arguing faith over science, especially as it effectively highlights that their faith doesn't extend to the notion that their creator knew what he was doing in giving humans a fully functioning brain and the creativity to use it.
