Why do some people think that walking away from a horrendous accident is a miracle?
Well as far as I can tell, ’tis a wierd one. People are most likely to believe it was God that saved them because they can’t logically reason out how they managed to survive something like that. However, the reverse it true too. If something goes hideously wrong, then they’re quick to blame God as well. Whether people believe God can or cannot intervene is a matter of perspective. From what I’ve gathered God supposedly cannot intervene with free will etc, but at the same time they also believe that God is all powerful, so he must be able to intervene. ‘Tis all a contradiction really. I just find it interesting that most people at some points in their lives turn round and say “thank God!” or “Jesus Christ” etc. Not because they believe in God either necessarily, but because it is a commonly used termand a way of expressing some feelings without being abusive. ‘Tis all a matter of belief at the end of the day. Speaking of which, People only really believe what suits them and their needs
I’m not a religious person, but there have been times in my life when I have thanked God for certain things, like when my son went missing all day and he returned as if nothing happened, or indeed on a lighter side when my wife and I thought she was pregnant and it turned out she wasn’t. (don’t judge me on that please people, we have three wonderful boys and if indeed we had another we would bring him/her up as best we could like wh have done before, just that we’re both aproaching 40, life begins etc) So although I can see the point you are making, many people religious or not, thank God in one way or another, be it spiritually or just as a figure of speach.
It is interesting to ‘see’ how much anger comes across from people who do not believe in God that anyone else should. The most fascinating point is that they seem to be offended FOR the people who do believe. It is certainly true that many people are taken advantage of by people who claim to belive in GOD and then persuade people to do terrible things that no true (benevolent) God would want. The none existence of God (good) must also presuppose the none existence of evil, yet those who chaleenge God accept that evil exists. They argue that believers justify the claim on the basis of free will, yet do not accept that it is free will that enacts evil. On the basis that God is good, submission to the will of God to do good and reject evil and the free will to act to cause harm, would in theory make the world a safer place. I never followed God, then something happened to me, not a miracle nothing earth shattering, just a change of heart. I wasn’t someone who set out to do harm, but I fel
