I was a miracle baby, do you believe in miracles? My mom jumped from a 2nd floor, due to a fire when she was 6 months pregnant for me, but nothing happended to me. She had her 9 months of pregnancy. I was born very normal, at least I think so....LOL
2006-09-06 09:21:09 · 15 answers · asked by lady love 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didn't mention that her stomach opened.
2006-09-06 09:26:53 · update #1
Hallelujia. :) I believe just because of stuff like that; things that could either be just FREAKISH strokes of good luck, or genuine miracles. You can't tell which. *l*
How lucky for you that your mom wasn't prochoice, hmm? *lol*
2006-09-06 09:23:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The word "miracle" is so overused that most people do not understand what exactly it means. CS Lewis wrote hat there are in fact 3 types of miracles, and I think that will seriously effect how people answer your question.
1- The natural miracle: These are things which happen every day that we call miracles due to their beauty, the feelings they generate, etc. For example, the sunrise, the birth of a baby, or the way a leaf flutters to the ground in Autumn.
2- The statistical improbability miracle: These are events that, if you had to calculate the odds, are so close to zero that it might as well be zero. Your case would fit this very well.
3- The supernatural miracle: These are events which can only be explained by the override of natural law through supernatural causes and is rightfully attributed to God. For example, the parting of the Red Sea, the Resurrection of Jesus, and the fact that Barney is actually still being broadcast. Well, maybe not that last one, but you get the idea.
As for me, yes to all three.
2006-09-06 09:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe in miracles. Here's a Terry Pratchett Quote to ponder:
"People are always a little confused about this, as they are in the case of miracles. When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances, they say that's a miracle. But of course if someone is killed by a freak chain of events -- the oil spilled just there, the safety fence broken just there --t hat must also be a miracle. Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous."
Things just happen, and the univerese isn't 100% predictable. Sometimes the unexpected happens, for better or for worse, because though god doesn't shoot dice quantum does and those are the odds.
Besides, think of all the women who did take a fall who lost their babies. Were they somehow less deserving of a "miracle?" Less deserving?
How arrogant.
2006-09-06 09:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by ethical_atheist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe in miracles. How many women jumped out of windows and had miscarriages? Must have been enough to make you think yours was a miracle. If every pregnant woman who jumps from a window has perfectly normal healthy babies, you'd not be a 'miracle baby' as you put it.
So what are the statistical odds of a woman surviving, with her pregnancy uninjured, from approximately 15 feet off the ground, if not less? Pretty good, actually.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but the god hypothesis gets slashed out by occam's razor here. Thank you for playing.
2006-09-06 09:26:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyday is a miracle!
Every baby being born, weather their moms jump or didn´t is a miracle. It´s just amazing how incredible and miracoulous mother nature is. So yes I believe in miracles, I believe you are a miracle baby, and that you will see many many more miracles in your life, just be thankful for all of them.
2006-09-06 09:31:33 · answer #5 · answered by copita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe in miracle. I myself had 50% chance of living because of a pregnancy that gave me hell, and I am alive and also the child is healthy too.
2006-09-06 09:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by Kayjoe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"He [Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci] talked about Father Junipero Serra's qualifications for sainthood: 'They say he cured a nun's lupus. A miracle. Now I'm not a doctor, but I know lupus goes into remission. It's not always fatal. Have Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder play ping-pong together. Now, THAT would be a miracle." ~ Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 February 1989
2006-09-06 09:24:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe your story, but I do not believe it was a miracle.
You get enough pregnant women jumping from a building and one is bound to survive without injuring the baby.
2006-09-06 09:25:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing as a miracle but there is such a thing as good luck. Try not to confuse the two.
2006-09-06 09:28:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No miracles there; a second story window isn't THAT far to fall...
2006-09-06 09:24:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋