miracles should happen most to people that really need it::\nlike molested children,raped victims,poor uneducated people,the really sick,the retarded,etc....
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well, miracles happen to people from all different walks of life. My family has had several miracles, but we are just average God-fearing people. We love the Lord and don't expect more from Him than we deserve. Maybe that's the key. Who knows?\n\nI guess I should leave an example of a miracle. When my father was 22 years old, he was just starting out in the ministry and he was beginning to lose his eyesight. He went to several doctors and they all told him he'd be blind within the year. My dad pouted and cried about it for a few days, then he realized that is not what would be pleasing to God. He went to church that night with next to no sight. He went to the alter and prayed to God that He could take his eyesight, but please don't take away his ministry. My dad loves people and he wanted to preach the gospel to as many people as possible. When he stood up from praying, he had his eye sight restored completely! The doctors couldn't explain it...my dad has been a preacher now for 34 years and has led many people to the Lord. Praise the Lord!\n\nPS and he never lost his eyesight!
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They'll have to pray for a miracle.  They kinda snuck in there last year.  I think people are going to remember them and try not to let it happen again.  I like em but I personally doubt they'll get there.
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every christian has witnessed a miracle.
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Dear musical_k,\n\nRegarding miracles...\n\n1. It is rational to believe that God exists (e.g., see http://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm for scientific and intellectual evidence for the existence of God).\n\n2. If God exits, he can perform miracles.\n\n3. Given that it is rational to believe that God exists, it is therefore rational to believe that miracles are possible.\n\n4. I choose to be consistent and rational in my world-view and in my beliefs. Therefore I believe that miracles are possible.\n\nCordially,\nJohn
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The famous Ganesha episode drinking the milk was the biggest miracle of all the times.\n\n\nMiracles are not to be. No human being on earth can create a miracle. It can never happen. Yes, some people... some renowned Saints while pursuing their Spiritual career gain some Tantric powers which helps them healing the needy.\n\nIt so happened a poor man turned up in presence of Bhagwan Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism and asked him for help. In his hands was the dead body of his young son. He begged of Bhagwan Mahavira to put back life into his son. Mahavira point blank refused... he stated he does not have the power to put life into someone... neither it is possible for any other human being to do so. Neither he could perform even a single miracle.\n\n\nHe repeatedly emphasized that every human being has the power within to invoke the positive energy of the Cosmos. This only happens when we develop a positive attitude towards life. This is practically what is being done in Reiki. Summing up in Reiki, one is taught to invoke the positive energy source and use it for curing the defective area of the body. It is like chanelising all the power within the means of human being towards a particular area as happens in the case of a dam.\n\nIn any hydroelectric project the principal means of generating energy is... a huge quantity of water is stored in a lake and this raw water is made to stand for a while. After the sedimentation of the particles floating in the water has occurred... the clear water is passed through tunnels, the starting point of which is located on a much higher platform than the outer end of the tunnel. This makes the water gush out with great pressure. This water is made to pass through a turbine before it reaches the outer end. The rotation of the turbine generates electricity.\n\n\nMere channelising of water through a tunnel which has a very steep slope and keeping a turbine in the path of the water generates the requisite energy... similarly if we need to heal our body... we need to concentrate all the positive energies which either exist in the body or can be invoked from the mighty reservoir of Cosmos and directed towards a particular goal. This goal can be healing the ailing body or even pursuing a higher goal in life.\n\nIf we look at the matter deeply... the student who comes first in the class and the student who comes last... there is not much difference except in their thinking. The one who comes first sincerely concentrates his total energies towards the desired goal of life. The one coming last has yet to find a definite goal in life. One who comes last fritters away his energy to no avail.\n\n\nWhenever we expect of a saint to perform a miracle... what actually happens is that the words of the saint inspires us and makes us concentrate our energies towards a particular goal. Sometimes, he gives a Mantra to be chanted many times... or explains logically how the desired results can be achieved. Repetition of Mantras results in invoking positive energy from the Cosmos.\n\nYou and your brother have surrounded your mental self by negative energies... both of you have a habit of thinking negative. You have to change your attitude towards life... you need to think broad... you just cannot continue being narrow-minded. The more we think bad of someone... the negative flow of energy reflects back upon us. With passage of time this negative energy accumulates and there comes a time when hell breaks loose... the body unable to sustain the negative flow of energy falls ill. More here- http://www.vijaykumar.com/a_course_in_miracles.html
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I guess everybody knows somebody who knows somebody who has had a miracle...  but nobody has the medical documentation.  Everybody has heard about great miracles in church or on religious television shows, but the proof is in the pudding...  or not.\n\nI would have thought this question would have exploded with answers.
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Taking an interest in what goes on around us. Help those in need. Healing the world has to start in your own community. Then expand outward. Humans have a responsibility to help each other. Although some problems are beyond us to fix, most are not. It is not a hypothetical  question you asked it is our responsibility, unfortunately the world is the way it is because most of us don't see it that way.
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I'm sure God would like to be thanked for sparing someone's life. I would say that too, but I would also say a prayer for the families of the children that did not make it. Having lost a child myself recently I would have been very thankful for her to be alive still.
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I most definetly believe in miracles. \nWhen one of my close friends was ten, a young sister of hers was born. She was named Ronnie. Several minutes later, they told the mother that Ronnie wouldn't survive. Ronnie was put on all kinds of medication and machines but she was still looking bad. They called in the Priest from the church to help pray for their baby. Before he got there, the hospital had named her Certifiably Dead. The priest didn't give up hope, although the parents and my friend had. He prayed mighty prayers and annointed her. She came back! She now has a disease (i forget the name) causing her to seem, act and feel several years younger than she really is. \nEver since I heard that story I am a believer in miracles and God.
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I totally agree. This world needs God.I try to witness as much as I can and I pray for those in need.Yes, we do need revival.
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there are some good people in this world\ngo to a church and they will be more than happy to help
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I believe in miracles. If it wasnt for miracles my 2 baby cousins would be dead right now, but they lived, Its amazing to me how much you have gone through and i hope thats all the bad that happens to you.
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It would mean a lot if people without a vested interest in promoting religion had recorded anything related to those miraculous events.\n\nBut, as it is, the only "witnesses" are those who were promoting the "belief." And, as such, aren't credible.
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Dear Gino...\n   I'm a big, BIG fan of your work on Yahoo Q&A...and I'm a Christian!!! I agree with you on some things and others, I could understand. I hope this answer provides some kind of logical explanation.\n\nThe proof of God's existance is not in the air or in the miracles, it's in the hearts of the people who believe. You're right about one thing, if I prayed in the almighty rock to help me get through my depression, it's most likely to happen because I truly have faith in that rocks capabilities to heal me. We as people have to have that leader to turn to just in case something goes wrong or there is something that we can't handle, someone has to take that burden from us. For politians, there's President Bush; for kids, it's their parents; for those who don't believe, there's someone else who was involved; and for us Christians, there's God or Satan (depending on the problem). \n\nThere is no great amount of evidence in the world that can prove to you that prayer works unless that belief is in your own heart.\n\nI'm not one of those crazed Christians who is trying to get you to convert and believe, in fact I hope you stay the way you are...I would date you and have your babies before we even get married (HA HA). \n\nP.S Society is a load of crap sometimes...if anyones see you worshiping a rock or tree, they would have you committed to a mental institution. You have to go with the crowd to be "normal".
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I think that we are given gifts (abilities) in this life and we will be able to better  understand how to use them. I don't think we will have different gifts, but I do believe that we will be restored to a perfect state. For instance if we are blind we will see,if we are lame we will walk,if we are deaf we will hear,ect...
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Of all the miracles that would be useful, what is the point of turning water into wine, the theraputic benefits to prevent heart disease? Maybe if it were salt-water...\n\nIt seems like such a miracle's only purpose would be to be for witnesses to be able to cite it as evidence of Jesus's divinity. This is a little bizarre; what, therefore, are the criteria for performing a physical transformation type miracle? It would make more sense if Jesus was constrained to the same physical body of any other human and his divinity was expressed through his teachings alone. For if they are divine, then they should transcend the word of man and meet the ears of unbelievers agreeably without spurious claims of witnessing purposeless displays of supernatural talent. \n\nAt least when Moses parted the Red Sea it was for a good reason.
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It is very easy to believe in something you witness for yourself. However, I do believe there are some real basis for believing some individuals have this type of ability. I believe it is rare, but definitely could be a possibility. I do not like to just dismiss something out of hand, because I have yet to be around somebody who demonstrated this ability to me. However, I have heard from others that they have seen people who can do this. I do think it is a very rare gift, but look at all God can do, if you believe in God. I do. I find anything is possible if you open your mind to the possibilities in this world, the solor system around us, and the one even further out we can't see yet.