Replies to '12/20 Christmas Miracle'

 I totally agree w/you. Don't forget that the same people that are sitting around waiting for a miracle also believe in virgin births, walking on water, ect.,ect., The reason they ususally invest the wasted time and effort praying for a miracle is because it takes the pressure to do something about their situation off of themselves.

Could not disagree with you more!!! 

  

There ARE miracles...every single day!  All you need to do is look for them... 

  

Do you realize that it is simply a miracle that the sun rises at all?  That there is life on earth?  That you can even have the ability to think and feel and analyze?  Let a snow flake fall onto your arm and look closely at it.   

  

Maybe you can explain it all away scientifically...of how the ice particles formed, how it came to fall right there on your arm and at just that moment.....but explain to me how there was water on this planet in the first place?  Explain to me how, more than likely, the water that it took to form that snowflake was probably the same water that ran down the Nile in Egypt...or under a surfboard in Hawaii.... 

  

"The cemeteries are full of people who left the living praying for some sort of miracle...." 

  

To that, I say....the cemeteries are simply full of PEOPLE....period.  And there are souls who left this world happy and those who left sad...there are those who lived their lives to the fullest and those who filled their moments with cynicism....  Which were the better lives? 

  

It sounds to me as you have already placed your own soul into the grave by choosing to no longer believe....and that is sad.  Somehow you have lost that childlike innocence....some awful event maybe that took it all away.... 

  

Lives ARE improved by belief in miracles.  And there is scientific and medical evidence that this is so...  Those who believe live longer and fuller lives....   

  

Here is a miracle you can sink your teeth in....  It is your RIGHT to believe whatever you believe...but the bottom line is that you DO believe in something....your own freedom of choice.  So where did that reasoning that you express come from?  After all, you are just a bunch of atoms, clumped all together...you should have no thoughts, no reasoning, no nothing....you should not even be able to communicate... 

  

But you do.  Because, you see....YOU are a miracle.  If you believe in yourself, then you, too, are believing in a miracle.... 

  

More power to you....   

Miracles really do happen-yes there is a greater power in this world-his name is JESUS CHRIST-Dr. Phil helps so many people-he does this world good it is really sad that there is not more people like Dr. Phil in this world.Dr. Phil and Robin go out of their way to help people some  are grateful some are not,but if 1 life is touched or changed by the show it makes it all worth while.YES MIRACLES DO HAPPEN<Dr. Phil  and Robin are  Blessings  from God to this world.

I am a devout Christian so obviously I disagree with your logic.  However, I am open minded enough to accept that you have the right to your own view.  So I and many others expect the same from you.  We are not kooks, freaks, weaklings or fanatics we simply believe soemthing different.  If you knew the subject matter of this show why did you watch it?  I for example avoid Howard Stern, Eminem, and Marilyn Manson because I find them offensive.   

I had a very dear friend die suddenly two months ago, did I wonder why it happened to her? yes.  Did I blame God for my lose? no. 

    I think your comment was very insensitive. The show is not just for entertainment and for anyone to come along and make comments like yours. The people on the show like my sister Gwen and our family are real and our experiences are real and I think you should remember that when you reduce her life to mere luck. Weather or not you belive in miracles from God, you cannot deny that she is a medical miracle. The doctors themselves said they don't know how she was alive with the lungs she had.  You don't have to belive in miracles from a higher power, but please do belive that Gwen survived for more than luck: it was her determination and strength and stubborness to live, along with everything my wonderful mother did for her and all the incredible doctors, and that person who died and happened to be a match for her. 

I was sorry to read your message because you came across as a person who sounded so negative with how you view the world and how it progresses. There are miracles that happen both from our actions but also from other people and even though you think it may not come from a "higher being" sounds completely insensitive to those people who have donated what they hold dear to someone else, when through tragic events, they lose their life. I think that you need to realize that people are enititled to their own opinions. I think that it says something for those people who put their trust and FAITH is someone who they believe is watching out for their best interest. Even if those people don't make it through that particular trial, just having hope can be something in itself to get you through the storm. 

I pity your cynicism!  It's sad that you don't see that the world is full of miracles!  What's attributed to random acts of pure luck are the universe's way of blessing us with miracles!  If  you knew these two indviduals and the faith that they put out into the universe, you would understand the power of prayer.  These two young people have had many pitfalls along the way, but their faith has never wavered.  I personally don't have the resolve of Gwen and David, I know that I probably would have given up if put in their situation.  A very wise person once told me to walk a mile in someones shoes before judging them or their motives, I suggest you do the same.  And before you dimiss me as a crank, I want you to know that I know Gwen and David.  I hope someday that a miracle touches your life.