Miracles are wishful thinking on steroids

Written by Moe on March 24, 2006 | 7 Comments

I want you to imagine that you and I are at a baseball game. The lights, the sounds and the steroids are giving you that baseball feel. As the first player comes up to bat I lean over to you and say, “Hey, I guarantee a home run.” After watching him strike out you look over at me and smile. The next player comes up to bat. I look you dead in the eye and with all the conviction in my heart I offer the same guarantee. Again, he strikes out. I continue to do this until finally in the sixth inning, after thirty some players have not hit a home run, a player belts one out. I jump out of my seat.

“I told you, look I told you. Man I fucking called that. Wow I’m amazing, what were the chances of that? Wow that was some crazy shit, you must be really impressed.”

How would you react? You would say I was full of shit wouldn’t you? This is how I feel about miracles. Everyone prays for a miracle but seldom sees one. However, when something does finally happen then it is because God answered someone’s prayers. It doesn’t matter that the last million prayers for miracles didn’t come through. Also, I don’t understand how the whole “miracle” thing works. Let’s take the miners that were trapped for hours and hours after the mine collapsed. Tragically, they all ended up dying. Everyone was praying for a miracle but when it didn’t come they didn’t blame God at all. However, if they would have survived then all the praise would have went to God. I don’t know, that is just a bit confusing to me. So let me get it straight.

If you pray for something and get it, then it was due to God being nice to you. However, if you pray for something and don’t get it, then God bears no responsibility in the manner. Doesn’t that seem like some drug deal scenario?

“Look homie, if you get caught. That’s on you, aight. I never heard of you, get it?”

I might have come up with an explanation. Most people pray for events of objects that do not fall inline with their religious beliefs.

God he is a good man, help him live.

If he is good man then isn’t dying the best thing for him? Isn’t it kind of selfish to ask God to let the guy live just so you can hang out with him. Honestly, this is choosing between this fucked up world and paradise. It is paradise. Wow you are selfish.

God help me on this test.

Ok, here is a tricky one. God is just. Hence, he can not favor you just because you happened be born into the right religion. Actually, an atheist probably has a better shot on the test then you do. The atheist feels that their destiny is in their own hands. They figure, “hey if I study really hard, the only person that can stop me is me.” So if you want to do well on the test, pray less and study more. Does that sound bad? If it does I apologize I don’t mean it to sound bad. It just kind of weird. Religion banks on the fact that there will be a life after this life, an eternal life. Yet, everyone prays for things in this life.

God help me get this job.

God I really want that house

God please kill my wife she is a nagging bitch and only with your strength have i put up with her shit. God please, for the kids, strike her down.

Aren’t you supposed to pray to God and be a good person so you can pass his test to get on the VIP list to heaven?

If it makes you feel better, then ok do it. To me it is just wishful thinking on steroids. Let me apologize if anyone gets mad at this. I believe in God and everything but this was just on my mind. If I am coming off a bit rude or insensitive then I am truly sorry. The examples I used were extreme a bit because I wanted to start a discussion on it, so don’t get all mad. I’ll consdier it a miracle if you don’t, but if you do then it is all my fault.

7 Comments

1. I wrote this at 4am in the morning, so if it sucks then I got an excuse. I was just running with an idea.

   Comment by Moe — March 24, 2006 @ 4:53 am

2. Well Moe, what im supposed to say is that everything happens for a reason and God chooses who lives and dies for his own(correct) reasons. Praying is just a means to talk to God. Consequently, if God is “your father” than you dont always get what you want, but talking/asking for things from your father nourishes a better relationship with him. And the closer we are with our father and the people around us that love us, we will live with more integrity. Do i think it is fair that all of my prayers are not answered? Yes dammit! Do I know if what i do here will gain me anything later? Nope…. The only thing i do know about this scenario is that i am happier in life when i act with good character. Things tend to go my way. People tend to mesh into my life rather than obstruct it. And shit thats nice.

   Comment by Jason — March 24, 2006 @ 7:24 pm

3. Well said my friend, well said indeed… I have yet to hear a good response when i bring up this hypocrisy. more often than not you will hear something like “Everything happens for a reason.” Which would imply that people have no free will at all, not to mention this is a response that has as much intellectual merit as “i know you are but what am i.” I’m sure some 5 year-old somewhere in the world will not his head in approval, but you can’t expect any self-respecting adult to buy this tripe. Humm… sounds like you are questioning your religion a little bit?

   Comment by Kenny — March 28, 2006 @ 3:16 pm

4. Questioning my religion, but of course. I think there is a difference between blind faith and real faith. Let me use an example.

   Child 1
   Is told that 2 plus 2 is four by their parent. The child has blind faith and regurgitates the information whenever possible. He or she never questions anything because they feel it is wrong.

   Child 2
   Learns how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Also comes to the same conclusion as the other child but does not follow with blind faith. He or she arrives at the answer using his or her own inductive process (from what they have learned).

   I have a faith that there is a God and he is awesome beyond any imagination, but I did not arrive at that conclusion because someone told me. I have thought about it logically, read a few books and over the course of my life have come to that conclusion. Could it change, maybe.  I will continue to read and be open minded.  Religion is a different story. Over the years I have found that Religion is more a melting pot of culture, tradition and actual religion. Some feel it is a sin to debate religion but I just can’t help it. Prophets did not make religion, they’re followers did. Greed, power and racism have changed all religions over the years. I think it is ignorant to think otherwise. Some say ignorance is bliss. I think it is a jail cell, just minus the bars.

   Comment by Moe — March 29, 2006 @ 3:09 pm

5. yes

   Comment by Kenny — March 29, 2006 @ 3:51 pm

6. You wrote this at 4 am? Impressive..

   Comment by jin — April 1, 2006 @ 5:23 pm

7. well 4:52 am actually =). But thanks man.

   Comment by Moe — April 2, 2006 @ 6:03 pm

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