"That's the part that fascinates me: why don't atheists see that people of faith don't really care what they believe? Folks attack you, not for proving the miracle ordinary, but for attacking their faith. "
I know that people believe in lots of things. I'm skeptical of "miracles." I'm especially skeptical of miraculous cures. I don't care what others believe, but I'm interested in what they believe.
You know, Jesus, a number of times, said to the beneficiaries of his healing that "Your faith hath made you well." I'm sure you wouldn't argue with the notion that a persons personal faith can make them recover from something when another wouldn't, regardless of whether you ascribe it to a proactive intervention by God.
I personally agree that miracles are the worst sort of proof. Even if Jesus Christ Himself came down from heaven and started fulfilling Revelation, even though it were on TV around the world, there would be millions -- most I dare say -- who would say it's a trick, it's not real, I will NOT believe.