This is a very interesting piece and is very eye-opening to someone who has never experienced what you have experienced. I appreciate your candid view and acknowledgement of the sort of ontological issues

This is a very interesting post. Based on the nature of knowledge, would you say that it tends towards dogmatism? In other words, by the very nature of cognizing subject-object relationships, is one more

this reminds me of Alfred Korzybski's book, Science and Sanity, specifically the quote, "the map is not the territory" - we must make maps to navigate, but too often we mistake the map for reality!

i don't think classifying a miracle as luck or probability in any way diminishes its power. if anything, it uses reason to affirm the miraculous! how lucky one must be to be healed! what tremendous odds