Do you believe in miracles?

[Thorne]

i do believe in miracles. i would be dead if they didnt exsist.
i have had so many close calls in my life. but to me its not god that makes them.
its weird but i believe that something or someone is watching over me.

I hear this kind of thing all the time after some sort of catastrophe. Something happens and someone doesn't get killed and right away they claim it's a miracle, that they prayed and God saved them. So why didn't God save the other 29 people who died that day? I'm sure they were praying, too.

No, I'm with TYWD on this one. (Talk about MIRACLES!!!) Chance plays a much larger roll in our lives than any of us want to admit. Miracles let us assume that we have at least some form of control: if we pray hard enough, or lead good lives, or do SOMETHING, then we'll be protected. Chance is completely beyond our control. It either hits you or it doesn't.