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• W2058794703 abstract "MIRACLE BY REQUEST? PARKJ. WHITE* As all of us know, a miracle is a marvelous event, often requested— demanded?—in prayer, to be brought about by the special intervention of Deity. We are too busy with our own immediate affairs to communicate with God (if we believe at all), except perhaps to take his name in vain. Ordinary mortals may be driven to their knees by danger, accidents , severe illnesses, Acts of God, scared-to-and-of-death, praying humbly or angrily for miracles (i.e., for the impossible). Happily, we scientifically minded folk have not lost our ability to wonder—at the wonderful. From the beginning of history, mankind has had a hankering for miracles, especially in his early days when he knew so little about so much. He has matured in everything (except the art of getting along with his fellows). So let us say, The more knowledge, the less yearning for miracles. We may even have reached the point where it is safe to mention the idea of getting on without them altogether. A few hardy souls have tried it already—such as Hermann Reimarus (1694-1768) and David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874). By now the readerjust might be asking, What manner of propounder is this, the present writer? I'm a Judeo-Christian Ecumenical Congregationalist . So there! As an emeritus professor in a highly respected medical school, I have been long and happily associated with a goodly number of basic, pure scientists and researchers. (No name dropping here!) Thus, as a scientist, I am a thoroughly interested and active hanger-on. As a theologian, it seems that I am about the same! A Few Instructive Examples ofMiracle-Prayer (from among Myriad) 1. Moses (1570 b.c.e.?)»Professor ofclinical pediatrics emeritus, Department ofPediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 500 South Kingshighway, P.O. Box 14871, St. Louis, Missouri 63178.© 1982 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 003 1-5982/82/2503-0276$0 1 .00 Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 25, 3 ¦ Spring 1982 | 463 Scene: The encampment of the Israelites at Hazeroth, where Jehovah had seen fit to punish Moses's sister, Miriam, with leprosy because brother Moses had married an Ethiopian woman! Moses (praying unto the Lord): Heal her now!, er, I beseech thee! After a week of punitive leprosy, Jehovah lifted the disease and Miriam returned to the camp. We may imagine someone in the assemblage sagely remarking, Say what you like, but that was an answer to prayer! Or was it command? (see Numbers 12:10-14.) 2.From Longfellow's Ballad of the French Fleet Lord, we would not advise, But if in Thy Providence A tempest should arise To drive the French fleet hence, Or sink it in the sea, We should be satisfied And Thine the glory be. Note the element of plea bargaining with the Lord God here— trafficking in that available commodity, Glory! 3.Sports Scene: A major league baseball park in 1979. A second baseman comes to bat, furtively crossing himself. A private miracle-prayer, forsooth! Note: On this particular occasion, the man struck out. It is safe to assume that instead of singing Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer, Goddamit might have been heard coming from the batter's box. And that, too, is a petition-prayer in the form of a curse (i.e., Voodoo-prayer). 4.Eddyism, the quintessence of miracle by request As a pediatrician who has seen dire results from Christian Science as practiced upon children, I may be pardoned for preferring the word Eddyism. I have too much respect for the words Christian and Science to put them together as Mrs. Eddy and P. P. Quimby have done in Science and Health. The central doctrine is that God is All in All, so all must be harmonious, so evil and disease cannot exist. But here, say they, is how to treat them: Deny their existence, but treat them by miracleprayer . No wonder Mark Twain came up with his terse summary, Christian Science is neither Christian nor scientific. Miracles of healing have usually been considered answers to prayer (i.e., by request). Finally..." @default.
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