"A restorative justice program aims to get offenders to take responsibility for their actions, to understand the harm they have caused, to give them an opportunity to redeem themselves and to discourage them from causing further harm."
What about this idea doesn't appeal to you? Why do you prefer to have them suffer?
In addition, the default shouldn't be "therefore miracle".
The default assumption should be "humans are easy to trick".
My claim here, is that if we put our brightest minds on this, they will come back with a terrifically mundane explanation for it. In the same way that weeping statues are always just water from a pipe somewhere.
Just because something is unexplained currently does not give any weight to the idea that it was a miracle.
Millions of people saw David Copperfield vanish the Statue of Liberty as well... But I certainly wouldn't be tempted to pretend he actually made it vanish
That's a lie that religions keep perpetuating. Many social groups exist that are just as fulfilling.
My gym for example is full of people who actively work in the community, help each other and gather multiple times per week to better themselves and encourage their community.
Religion has nothing to offer that secular society cannot offer.
Bill more, work less and you don't have to do internal politics.
Bail at 3 and go for a walk.