[zawhmqswly]

Have you ever had something out of the ordinary happen, something
so beyond the realm of possibility, that you felt you'd witnessed a miracle?

YES
Phillies winning in 2008
And Maybe the biggest miracle yet to come
EAGLES winning 2010 Super Bowl

Baltimore Bob

[animilius]

Of course I believe in miracles. There are a few times I've had the overwhelming feeling that the hand of God was upon me (which is why I believe in God, too).

Sports miracles are not miracles. Just an admixture of coincidence and skill. I don't think God goes in for sports much.

[viagra-kaufen]

There are a lot of really outrageous claims for miracles. I think all the claims do more harm than good for organized religions. If some god spends the energy to make a statue drink milk, or a piece of toast look like jesus, or a stain that spells out allah, what does that really say about god, considering all of the atrocities that happen on a daily basis in this world while he etches is son into a piece of bread?

I can't find the article, but the Catholic Church had to retract the claims about the miracles at Lourdes, France where people would supposedly heal after bathing in a nearby spring. Some scientist looked at the statistics of miracles and found that out of the cases for spontaneous cancer remission, the rates of healing were actually lower for the people that made the journey to Lourdes. I remember hearing a similar study that was funded to study prayers. The people that new they were being prayed for while in the hospital actually had more complications. The researches said it was most likely do to anxiety.

I got an email a few months ago about some miracle stairs that defy gravity and where built by a mysterious man that showed up and had the name joseph. The nuns and church have some equally outrageous claims that I am sure any architect or structural engineer could dismiss in seconds. Yet the church states "No one knows how the staircase stands by itself." and they say it with a straight face while people from all over the country come to see it and dump money into the collection basket.

[fujitsusi]

Of course I believe in miracles. There are a few times I've had the overwhelming feeling that the hand of God was upon me (which is why I believe in God, too).
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This is what I was looking for. Would you mind sharing?

[michael247]

This happened many years ago, I used to play poker on Friday nights at various houses. We were having an uneventful game when I had the overwhelming feeling that I should go see my parents. I got in my car and drove to their home. When I got home everything seemed normal. Both were watching TV and my mother was sipping a glass of gin, a 60's pain killer. Within seconds of sitting on the couch I heard the death rattle. She had cancer but didn't seem that close to passing. Seemed as if She was waiting for me get home and sent a message.

[brandiweb]

This is what I was looking for. Would you mind sharing?

I've felt that way twice--like I was being led to something--and one of them was an occasion when I was very depressed and it pulled me out of my depression.

[Searmoreibe]

A good looking gal going down on me
I'd like to witness that - Any Volunteers ?

That would be a Miracle.

Baltimore Bob

[excholza]

Won't happen until you start centering yourself and feeling the right way to go.

And stop whining adolescently about it.

[DINAKuncher]

I've felt that way twice--like I was being led to something--and one of them was an occasion when I was very depressed and it pulled me out of my depression.

Would you say it was truly "a miracle" or was it only in the context of what was on your mind that it had importance? Said another way, had you not been depressed or looking for something to help you not be depressed (or whatever) would the actual event itself have had the same impact?

[Xxmlqevq]

Ah, I couldn't possibly explain that. Besides, trying to would make it lose its magic...

[parishilton]

I asked this question on another board and a man told about a time a few weeks ago when he was dissatisfied with life in Detroit and was thinking of moving to Texas. The next day, he had a wrong number call, from a store in Texas, and decided it was a sign that he should move.

So I asked if he had received a wrong number from Detroit would he have seen it as a sign to stay where he was? Or just another wrong number?

He never answered. I think I ruined his magic.

[dolaBeetCeage]

I think I ruined his magic.

So, you're like the Penn Gilette of miracles?

[homerdienru]

I believe in miracles since you came along, you sexy thing.

(what I can't believe is that no one else beat me to that)

[steerryGritly]

So, you're like the Penn Gilette of miracles?

I'm fatter.