I think we're a long way off losing the original and primary context:
"According to recent surveys 72% of people in the USA and 59% of people in the UK believe that miracles take place. Why do so many people believe in miracles in the present age of advanced science and technology? Let us briefly consider three possible answers to this question."
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This abstract by Yujin Nagasawa, Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham. President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion. Philosophy of Religion Editor of
Philosophy Compass and a member of the editorial board of
Religious Studies, the
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and the
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. He is also the author of
Miracles: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, 2017.)
"The first possible answer is simply that miracles actually do take place all the time...
"The second possible answer is that belief in miracles is a projection of wishful thinking.
"The third answer is that belief in miracles has cognitive and developmental origins.
"The third answer, which appeals to the cognitive and developmental origins of belief in miracles, seems to be most compelling. It is important to note, however, that this answer does not imply that miracles can never take place ...
even if psychologists can explain that there are cognitive and developmental origins of miracle beliefs, whether miracles can actually take place is a separate question. (emphasis mine)
On the face of it, believing in miracles seems to be incompatible with modern life. It seems unlikely, however, that they will disappear any time soon as they have deep cognitive roots in human psychology."
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A survey from the Pew Forum on Religion (Feb. 2010) showed that
a vast majority of Americans, nearly 80%, believe in miracles. The results are from a wider study, "
Religion Among the Millennials."
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According to an item on BBC News, Three in five British adults say miracles are possible (
30 September 2018)