One problem that exists in Miracles is that the only real difference between a Miracle and some other event is attribution. Those of us who believe in miracles attribute them to GOD.
There is nothing that restricts GOD from using very prosaic means to accomplish Her desired end. It can be as common as aspirin or as unexplained as Enlightenment.
The one thing about Miracles that can be said is that they are NOT ubiquitous.
In Luke 4:21-32 we have an account of Jesus speaking in the synagogue at Nazareth. He points to two traditional tales that would have been known to the audience, one involving a widow in Sidon, the other the curing of Naaman the Syrian.
He goes on to say that there were many starving widows during the period of the first incident and many lepers at the time of the second.
Miracles are by definition, non-scientific and beyond confirmation. They are not subject to test or verification.
If GOD so wishes, He is perfectly capable of influencing a doctor to go one step further, preform one more test, prescribe one specific medication that leads to some given outcome.
When the instance is examined, all that will be found is absolutely normal, nothing supernatural, nothing extraordinary, yet the instance may still be a miracle.
A miracle can also be as inexplicable as sudden remission of a disease or survival from an event that should have killed the person.
The objection often raised to that position is that it is then impossible to tell a miracle from any other event. In the first case all seems easily explained by science, in the second it could be assigned to chance or simply "unknown".
Those are valid points yet also irrelevant.
Miracles exist in the reality of the individual. They could well be confirmation bias, or simply fantasy. They could also be true miracles.
The task for you is to make clear why the way we approach objective study of such things is inappropriate for your own claims concerning prayer and God.
The reason science is an inappropriate method for study is that science assumes repeatability and consistency. Neither of those apply to miracles.
Miracles are the result of an act of will of GOD.
While man can petition GOD, it is GOD that responds and Her response is outside human control. Miracles are not part of the natural world, they are supernatural by definition.
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