The philosopher told which people most often happen miracles

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The world is full of stories about wonderful healing and mystical gifts. People tend to think that “miracle” is an illusion that often happens to religious people who seek “mystical intervention” everywhere. As a new study showed, the miracle most often happens to those who are threatened with its existence, including economic and political instability, not with believers.

Ed Ashler's work, Doctor of Philosophy, was based on a survey that was conducted in 16 Latin countries. A total of 15,400 answers were analyzed. For this study, “miracle” was defined as an event that the respondent believed was influenced by mystical intervention.

“There is public opinion that rich and educated people prefer a scientific, rational explanation for these events,” says Eshler. “However, we have more evidence that it is related to the safety that wealth and education brings.” The author believes that people who experience less simple threats (hunger, illness, bad housing) do not rely on mystical explanations of events.

That is why Ashler chose Latin America for his research. This region is not very rich. And this choice was not in vain! The first data showed that 57% of respondents believed that they survived a miracle.

then the researcher found that education had nothing to do with excellent experience. And the third discovery was that income does not affect the likelihood of a miracle, although “absolute poverty” (inability to afford food, clothing or medicine) is influenced.

“Respondents without official education with the same probability are survived by a miracle as those who have higher education,” Eshler comments. “People who live in Latin America are just as smart as everywhere, but they do not have a clear educational infrastructure. For example, in the United States, more than 90% of people have higher education, compared to 40% in Latin America. Such a difference allows us to study whether miracles happen only with uneducated or not. ”

in his conclusions, the author says that the phenomenon of a miracle, contradicts the idea that society becomes less religious through science. People become more religious when their existence is at risk and less when their lives are stable. It is summer, black, a Protestant woman with strong traditional and religious beliefs, which is not sure of her financial future, including she has difficulty in paying for health care, clothing or food. But the person who is unlikely to undergo “mystical intervention” is a young white/Metis Catholic with a little traditional and religious beliefs that is financially secured.