Two of many things that I hear from Christians at least, are that everything happens for a reason and that miracles exist. Given that the notion of miracles is expressed in saying the the event has not been caused, I cannot see how these things are compatible in one religion. Unexplained events are simply unexplained; they do have a cause however. If you believe that everything happens for a reason, then you can believe that god is the reason for everything. If you choose then to believe in miracles, you must reject the notion that things happen for a reason. Either that, or you must agree that miracles are beyond the control of even god.
It's slightly amusing thinking that if you accept that everything happens for a reason and that god is that ultimate reason, the moving hand, then we cannot distinguish between a healed cancer patient and having just enough tomato to make a sandwich.
Also as an interesting note, I haven't seen any miracles for amputees.
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