An airliner experiences engine troubles in-flight from Logan airport to San Francisco. The plane crashes, and all on-board are killed except for a single child, a baby, who amazingly survived. Is this a trajedy or a miracle? Where was god for those other 300 people? I'm sure they all prayed, and many were good honest people. Seems to me if god wanted to perform a TRUE miracle then all 300 people would have survived, rather than just 1. This example is fictional, but real life situations happen every day. A single member of a family lives after a fire or auto-accident. It seems me your god is a sick & perverted monster if it has the power to prevent such things, but chooses not to. It's just as bad as watching a child choke to death and making no effort to help. You are morally guilty of the murder because you had the power to prevent the death, but allowed it to happen.\n\nIt's pathetic that people worship such a pathetic animal like 'god'.
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Only to brainwashed religious freaks, who always want to credit GOD with the illogical result, remember people just because there is a 1 in 1,000,000,000,000 chance of things happening, there is still 1 chance that it will happen, but when it does all the religions try to credit it to GOD"it had to be a Miracle". Just part of their brainwashing techniques they have implorered over the years.
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Hi \n\nI have to say that i CERTAINLY believe in prayer and miracles.\n\nA little story........just 15 months ago, my body was crushed by an 18 wheeler truck. My pelvis was completely detached, along with a tennis ball size hole that was torn all the way through my lower abdomen. There were many, many other gruesome injuries as well. I was expected to die by my doctors, but, i believe, though positive thought and ALOT of prayer, i survived. I lost all body function for a few months, but now, the only visible sign is that i walk with a cane. This was my second near death experience in my life. Everything else is back to how it was. I'm a very healthy 26 year old male. I was in a foreign country, so i had absolutely nobody to visit me everyday. I layed in a hospital bed for eight months and had to be taught how to use my body all over again. But, i prayed and conditioned my mind to believe i was getting better, and i did.\nAs long as your friend has friends and family who love her, just be there for her and keep believing and have faith.....everything will work out the way it supposed to. NEVER LOSE HOPE AND FAITH!!!!
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What I have experienced is answered prayer; maybe not as instant or as dramatic. I have prayed sometimes for situations that seemed impossible, and God answered in such a beautiful way. I can think of so many problems that have been solved, because they looked like they would have a bad outcome, but prayers, have turned it around. It restores my belief in praying, even more than ever, when I realize that miracles like this DO happen. I'm sure that in some way, somewhere, God is still creating these miracles. Some don't believe it to be true; but that's ok...I think that great FAITH is a requirement for miracles like this to happen. God Bless you and your friend.
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It  has always seemed  to me infinitely unjust  that  every single  innocent child born a mind-bogglingly long time  after the alleged  creation of the first humans -   is considered to be "guilty"  of sin automatically.   Also, how outrageously unfair  does it  sound to you,  that this God  (who never makes mistakes and does everything in full knowledge of what he is doing)  created humans with limited knowledge and limited abilities, and very limited wisdom or understanding  -   and then condemns everybody who doesn't have the capacity  to believe in religion,  and in mysterious invisible superbeings (because  they don't show themselves).      Devout "christians" tell you this is  what  you must believe.   Why?    Because they say it is "the truth"  How do they know?    The  Bible says so.    How do they know the Bible is everything they say it is?   Well, I haven't ever got a  straight answer  to that one yet,    and  the  way I see it the overwhelming majority of people  tend to believe  what  they had  conditioned into their brains  from childhood.    Their parents, or  whoever  raised them;   their  family,  the community into which they  are born, all tell them the  same thing,  so  that thing gets hardwired into their minds.   It becomes THEIR truth.   But other people  who grow up under different circumstances and different  religious conditioning do not  share  that  thinking\n                                      If  "God"   (who never makes mistakes)  had wished us to all be just one big Ant  Colony,    thinking and  acting the exact same  way, I  guess that is how it  would have happened.     So we have to exterpolate  from this,  that "God"  made us all to think differently on purpose.
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From one who has attempted suicide twice--your revelation is wacko.  We can't know something God doesn't want us to know.  God is omnipotent (all powerful).  You can't out think God.  And by the way most weird revelations, if they don't match up with the word of God are straight from Satan himself.  People commit suicide because they fell hopeless and helpless and Satan wants them to feel that way.  He wants you dead.
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You've gotta be kidding!  What kind of a father would send his son to die an excruciating death on the cross in order that others are no longer responsible for their own sins?  What kind of a God would send most of his followers to eternal punishment for not "believing?"  What would you think of human fathers who would act in this way?  Loving or vicious?\n\nThe OT God is a God of justice.  Each of us is punished in accordance with the sins we've committed.  The OT God doesn't differentiate between "beliefs" of Christians, Muslims, atheists, etc., but He does insist on self responsibility!
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I see this poem as a heart felt poem with a lot of deep sorrow, If this is your life experience I am very sorry that this has happened to you.\nLoosing a child can be very painful, which I'm sure it would be for you if this is what happened, for you but I would also like to say to you that the true and Almighty God is aware of and feeling your pain in compassion and that is also the reason for his promise, many people who have gone or are going through a similar experience, and asking why?This promise I just spoke of is found in Revelation Ch21:verse4)and it is a very heartwarming one where God promises to wipe away every tear from mankind's eyes, and that he will actually swallow up death, mourning and sorrow,and pain will be no more.The dead will be resurrected to life again becoming conscious again, is this not a wonder full promise from a very loving God, who cares very deeply for us, and our pains even past experiences will have gone from our minds, and the ones that caused those pains will be punished, so any who have perpetrated pain to others, will be dealt with justly
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My friend, I agree with you, yet I also see a more pressing matter at hand. What about those persecutors and all the non-believers? If they die, they will not rejoice with all of us in heaven with the Lord God. I will pray for both the believers and the non-believers. There isn't much I can do from my present state but pray and preach the Word, since i'm not in a position to do anything but that. Email me if you have questions or are a fellow believer in Christ at questinchrist@yahoo.com. God bless
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Very Interesting!\n\nNo i don't beleive that Jesus is a son of God!and yes i believe that Jesus performed many miracles with the help of God. But he was human just like us.\n\nAnd if anyone beleives this then please tell me :\n\n  If you had a child , would'nt you protect that child and save that child from harm ?\n\nSo why did God not save his "son" from the so called being nailed to the cross?\nI mean God is the Greatest ! so he can do anything .\n\nWhy would you believe in Gods "son"?\n\nWhy don't you believe in God the creator of everything in this universe ,everything below the earth , everything between the earth and the sky and everything above the sky?
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Amen to you! \n\nYou're on the right track! We can't blame God for natural disasters (God also created something called Free Will, that allows us to choose where we live, and if one chooses to live in a flood-prone area, well, take what comes) but we can blame ourselves for creating the disastrous society we live in today...there's no limit to what we are able to do, we have no limits on our appetites (for food and many other things). There's nobody looking over our shoulder as a moral guidance/conscience or whatever you want to call it. God used to provide this, because I remember being aware that "God will see me take that piece of candy from the store, therefore I won't do that because I don't want to be in trouble with Him." Nowadays, kids carjack and murder people just to get the rims off their car. Or for a pair of fancy shoes. Or for jackets. For Heaven's Sake, People! Is there nothing we can do to stem the tide of destruction? Taking God out of our daily lives only serves to strengthen those who are in the 14% who believe in nothing, and give people who are lawless a reason to behave so. We can only be vigilant if we are given a way to enforce it (and the law isn't able to do it all--this vigilance must start in the home, where there are PARENTS for their CHILDREN, where people pray for peace in the world, where children are taught right from wrong and not which video games they have to have). This has nothing to do with what we all call our God (Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah, Great Spirit) or the creed we follow. Most people are good and decent but are deceived by the merit, or lack thereof, of material goods. For the 86% of us who believe in SOMETHING, this is a call to action! When we meet our Maker, whenever that will be, He/She will be the ultimate judge of our action or non-action.
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Summerflower, you make me think of poor Dana Reeves, wife of "Superman" Christopher Reeves. I could not believe she is dead at 44 years of age. There is no quick, easy answer for your question. GOD knows when it is best for certain people to "fall asleep"....you heard me...they are not gone forever. Your Bible speaks of 3 RESSURECTIONS!!! Most people are not "judged" or "saved" now! GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYONE! Aborted babies are not LOST! And all those people born hundreds of years BEFORE CHRIST are NOT LOST! PLEASE BELIEVE YOUR BIBLE! Fairy tales are fun..."Stephen King" tales of a "hellfire" burning Marilyn Manson and who knows who is NONSENSE!!! WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE???!!! I don't know who is going to a lake of fire--and neither do YOU...So why don't we seek GOD and find out just how merciful HE really is!!!!
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I came home on evening from work and my wife and children were not home yet. Shortly a neighbor came to get me and said there was an accident. He could hardly tell me it was my family so I new it was bad. When I got there (not far from home) My wife was unconscious and my children banged up. The medics were working to save my wife's life. \nAfter some days in a coma my wife got quite a bit better. Still today suffers some effects. After wards I tried to contact all who helped and found out someone was on the scene before anyone else even the from the house by where it happened. It is very possible they saved my wife's life but no one knows who it was, how they got there or where they went. I still don't know. I can't say for sure but I wonder. The Bible says the angels are ministering spirits for us. Could it have been?
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I was a passenger in my car going down the interstate. My husband was driving bad and I complained a few times. Finally I asked "why is it that just because you are the man, you always drive us? Why don't you just pull over and let me drive." \n\nHe agreed and pulled off at an exit and we changed at the gas station. I had only been driving a few minutes when I got this voice in my head that said "pull over and let Charley drive." I excused it as my own weird thinking and kept going. I then heard it again "Pull over and let Charley DRIVE" . \n\nBy then, I knew God (or his angels) were telling me this. I became upset about it because I thought I was being taught a lesson of submission which I didn't want to learn. I argued with God in my head. A third time, I heard "PULL OVER AND LET CHARLEY DRIVE." \n\nAt that point, I asked my husband "where should I pull over because I don't know why, but God is telling me to let you drive?"\n\nCharley said to just pull to the top of the ramp and we would switch out there. We did so and he pulled back onto the ramp. but no sooner than we got up to speed, we had to stop in the middle of the interstate. There had been a major collision. We sat for about 3 hours and watched news hellicopters, life line, and all kinds of emergency vehicles ahead of us by like a mile. When we finally got through we saw a 3 car collision had happened and they were mangled. There had been deaths. \n\nI knew right away it hadn't been about submitting to my husband at all, but about God or his angels letting me know of the danger ahead. I ws sure glad that I had been prayed up and reading the bible or I may have missed his voice.
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completely agree.  this plane was most likely shot down by the air force, but it makes a great story about those people being heros. god bless them all, but i don't think it's true.  \n\nyou know, it sucks that crap happens, but we do the same damn thing every day in other countries.  we kill innocent people and blow up crap for no reason.  too bad, that's probably why they do it back, then we do it back, and it never stops.  it will only get worse.
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Hello secular.. :)\n\nNo, they are wrong...\n\nMy daughter suffered a brain injury, 8 broken ribs, a punctured lung and her liver was cut in half..She was in a coma for 8 days..The doctors had wanted me to remove her from life support, but I told them that the Lord will bring her back.. :)\n\nWhen she came out of her coma, her doctors wanted to see where they had to repair her liver, so she had another cat scan done (the first one showed her liver was cut in half)..to the doctors surprise, her liver had been completely healed, the only thing was a scar, where her liver had been healed..Praise the Lord..Glory be to God in the Highest..Amen!!\n\nShe is 98% healed..she only suffers from her balance every now and then..\n\nYou can believe in what the skeptics say, if you want to, (that is your choice) but I thank God, that I trusted Him..or my precious daughter would have been taken off of her life support and not been given the chance to see her little children grow up..\n\n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name...\nWith Love..In Christ.. :)
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I have seen the divine happen.  I have seen a drunk who hated people turn his whole life over after the divine saving power of Jesus Christ touched his life.  There is no greater miracle that can be seen than see a soul that is damned to hell be brought to the light through the shed blood of the Saviour.  see if you need that miracle too: www.needgod.com
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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.