Reply #22: But the doctor did not

[Stunster]

At 6am, John lay motionless. There was no heartbeat. As all life drained away,Mary buried her face in her hands in a final acceptance of the inevitable. Then came a voice which said:"Mary I'm hungry....Mary,I feel so different"She rose in disbelief and fed him an egg.

In came Dr Macdonald, expecting only to sign the death certificate. Instead, he found his patient alive and improving, a bewildering sight which sent him slumping into a chair,with the involuntary exclamation: "Good God, I don't understand it."

His temptation to call it a "bloody miracle" was undermined by the fact that he himself had no religious beliefs!