Does it even matter by now? Most items, apart from main weapons, have both on it anyways. Whether it’s intellect and mana or agility and energy, doesn’t matter.
Better rename it to spellpower 
Logically speaking, it would actually make sense to have Paladin’s heals strength-based and Monk’s heals agility-based. But implementing this logic would change how healing would work. If the healing specs are to rely on their own class’ main stat rather than Intellect, which actually could work:
Holy Paladins with Strength
Would have to be near the target to heal them, and they would heal by crude physical methods similar to first aid bandages in addition to help from their strong believe in the Light. This is what makes Paladins Paladins and not just Warriors in shinier armor.
The distance restriction to target would surely have to be compensated with stronger baseline heals than ranged healers, or have their heals become weaker with increasing distance to target.
Mistweaver Monk with Agility
If Rogues had a healing spec, they would definitely in this example be as range-restricted as Holy Paladins, and heal their targets by healing vials and fine physical surgery. However we don’t have that spec so that makes the Agility-healers more difficult to theorise. We are stuck with the Monk and it’s use of ranged life energies, implying a mid-range restriction if distance-restrictive at all compared to Holy Paladin’s example above. At least the Monks would be in the same boat as Shamans and Druids, and nerfing their max range to make them mid-range would be controversial.
Because we are intelligent. Tanks are dumb.
Because me tank, me dps. Me go face.
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Thanks, i needed a good laugh.
You sound like one of those people talking about WOTLK was the BEST EXPANSION 
Newsflash as Village people song “Macho man” renamed to “I heal you with flexing”
Are you high on crack?
you believe Holy Paladins heal people by imparting them with all their pearls of knowledge?
Holy power could just be based off strength as intellect.
Primary stats don’t really mean anything anymore. They could just be called Prim Stat and the game wouldn’t change. Agility makes rogues do more damage, int makes mages do more damage, str make warriors do more damage.
If these stats had other interactions, such as agi affecting dodge or int affecting crit chance or such then they would be more interesting.
Of course you’d have to have more freedom to choose which stats to have on your gear for this to mean anything.
As it is the current stats are just a pain when you’re trying to gear up. I’ve seen a bunch of Enhancement weapons as rewards that are useless to me but hardly any Elemental. They could just have all had int and agi since everything else is interchangable.
There is a nice precedent in some other universes far far away
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With this logic my warrior should be able to use strength to heal group members as well, preferably with a rampage. I say yes.
They removed secondary stats, talent trees and all min maxing or interesting mechanics. Im sure Blizz would explain this like “too confusing for new players”, except there are no new players. There are barely any old players at this point to be exact.
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Becaues i dont want a dumb healer
good jokes pps
The morale behind , spellcasting including healing is that u need to be intelligent to understand the spells contrary to a war/dk with a big axe in his hand .
That’s why in most game u will see the same patterns .
It kinda makes sense.
But then only if their Agility directly influences their Mana pool for some reason.?
Its too much of a clusterintercorse to really bother with it.
while you are at it, implement wisdom, dexterity. charisma etc in the game and give us the option to put points into them as we level up (I know its kinda off topic, but couldnt help myself :D)!
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Swimming in it, in fact I need it to be nerfed on me…
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wouldn’t really be much use if they stood in the fire too…