Raising the dead seems pretty mystic to me. As does virgin birth, nine hundred year life spans, and talking burning bushes. Fish swallowing prophets? Really?

In your metaphor, I would say the author is the baker.

It is a matter of taste. Analog is more geared towards hard SciFi. There are also science articles geeky enough to make anyone happy. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction accepts, well, fantasy and science fiction. Even the occasional ghost story. Stephen King publishes in F&SF. I think Flowers for Algernon was first published there. Analog has published more Nova winning stories in recent years.

My wife and I harvested my daughter's cord blood. My mother-in-law paid for it. We were in Italy at the time. Some guy showed up on a scooter to pick up the blood. I would not have spent my own buck on it, and I would not bet a hair on my head that the blood is in any useful condition now. The whole deal seems shady.

Your reggae name is bittormon.