01-30-2009, 01:37 PM
Middle Finger Wrote:When someone says it was divine intervention and a "miracle" Person X survived - like, for example, they made it out of the hospital alive and well even though the odds were way against them ... I think that's bullshit. I think that makes it sound like all the other people, kids included, that died or will die were not deemed worthy of a miracle and survival. I think saying God cherry-picks and does miracles to save people like that, even if they were not nicer people than the others, is bullshit. I also don't buy the typical response to that, which is, basically, "God works in mysterious ways." I think that's a cop out.
Your view?
It would be more appropriate to thank the doctors and health professionals who actually saved your life than to bow in supplication to some god for a miracle.
Like I've said before one pair of hands working can do more good than a thousand clasped in prayer.
What really irritates me is when a family member dies young or unexpectedly and the faithful talk about it being "gods will", what a load of shit.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.