In the midst of "medical miracle"

[robvalue]

Welcome to the forum

I'm very sad to hear about your brother, that's a horrible accident and I send you and your family my best wishes

As for prayer, it's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of. God (pretending he exists) allowed the accident to happen, he is responsible. And if prayer is making him partially repair some of this damage, that means he otherwise wouldn't have. Why not? Wouldn't he have noticed without them pointing it out? Does he need an ego massage before his power will work?

I understand it must be frustrating when surrounded by religious nuttery. I agree that keeping your mouth shut about it is probably the best plan for now. It's their way of coping and trying to make sense of things, by deferring to magical forces. They're unwittingly elevating the doctors to God-like status, if their knowledge of everything is supposed to be perfect; and any disagreements must be due to magic. Instead, the sensible conclusion is that we just don't know everything about the human body, and an explanation is not available at this time. The conclusion is not "it's a miracle". That's an argument from ignorance, every time.