One of the things that always bothers me is when i hear of someone suriving a car wreck or a gunshot wound... sometimes even something much less significant they exclaim "it was a miracle" or claim that somehow divine intervention was involved. Now, why would god favor these people over anyone else? What about the children that god never lifts a finger to save? Can we admit to ourselves that sometimes people just get very lucky? Why must such a selfish statement as "it was a miracle *I* survived" be made... as if that someone was more important than the little girl in town who was raped, murdered, and dumped in a ditch.
2006-11-11 16:34:52 · 19 answers · asked by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you are lucky it's a miracle. If a kid get's murdered it's God's will. Christian's define .01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers, and consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% failure was simply the will of God.
2006-11-11 16:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Let start by making sure we are using the word miracle correctly: A miracle is "an event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God".
To say some survives something is not a miracle. For in an accident, it maybe a miracle that someone survived, but it is not a miracle if it isl explained. Most the statements you hear about miracles are not miracles.
For miracles to happen, there is no reason for them. You can see this in medical cases when someone has a illness and they are cured. Lourdes is an excellent example of 4 (maybe 5) cases. Which leads you to believe miracle are rare.
As a Christian, I believe the bible is the word of God as spoken by the prophets. In the four accounts of Jesus' life, how many miracles are there? Try counting them. And like Lourdes, you will not find many.
You now have the standard English definitions and two places where miracles are documented. You can believe what you want regarding them, but don't confuse a gift from God with an act of man.
2006-11-12 00:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because normally things happen for a reason, even a death. Now however there's also the fact that alot of people just want to make themselves feel as if they're special (ego). However me being psychic, I can control future events and normally know an event before it happens, I have these so called "Miracles" happen to me all the time, it's just your sub-conscience saving your life because your not MEANT to die. What if that little girl who was in town and was raped and murdered lived, and then had a offspring of another hitler? then what? it was meant to happen, though I don't believe in "Divine intervention" it's all bull****. Also psychic abilities belong to everyone, it's not a "gift from god" i'm tired of that crap, it's genetics, everyone is human, everyone has it, it's just learning it thats all.
2006-11-12 00:41:40 · answer #3 · answered by deadreckning 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it's pretty interesting how people can put a twist on things.
The reality is this: It was not their time to die. AND, there will come a day when their final hour arrives. Also, the death thing feels so rare because it happens only once per person. But it ain't rare at all! My happy note is this: Live life to it's fullest cause it doesn't go on forever!
2006-11-12 00:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by spidy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Canon law states that there are three requirements for a miracle -- spontaneity, permanency and lack of human intervention
On the other hand, neither do I believe in coincidence. Nothing is coincidence. I do believe that there is a guiding hand in all things, even the most horrific of things. There is cause and effect everywhere within our lives on a scale we don't realize. I draw the line at numerology, though. That's just too weird.
2006-11-12 00:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Believe it or not it is a miracle. So would have preferred that God saved his son(Jesus) off the cross and not let him die for your sins. God loves of all. We are his children. There are miracle happening in this world every and all day. And a word for your own satisfaction Don't give your self a head ace trying to figure God miracles out. That is why they are miracles
2006-11-12 00:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by Missy_Eye's 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah. It confuses me why some people have a hard time grasping that some people are going to survive cancer, or not die when they get shot, or something like that. That's totally normal and it happens. Other people, at the same time, WILL die from a disease and WILL die from a gunshot. My grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer -- my family did the whole "praying" thing, and it didn't do a damn good; he died within a couple months. Other people, on the other hand, will get lung cancer and survive. That's just the way it is; there's nothing "miraculous" or amazing about it, really...
2006-11-12 00:39:34 · answer #7 · answered by . 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
David Hume (Modern Philosopher) got this topic precisely right in his essay named On Miracles. It is worth the while to look it up.
2006-11-12 00:43:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theologically speaking, they are not miracles. Even of God healed me from cancer overnight, the term is not "miracle." That terms is reseverved for acts that reveal God in some way and they are preceded by and followed by verbal interpretations by prophets.
But in casual conversation, many people speak of such blessings as miracles and there is no real problem with it.
2006-11-12 00:38:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
That's right! Because a miracle would be Virgin Mary appearing on grilled cheese. I wonder if there was miracle whip on that sandwich?
2006-11-12 00:45:08 · answer #10 · answered by Gypsy Cat 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋