tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352536197106136774.post5795684045282255507..comments2023-10-28T05:08:25.942-05:00Comments on Lunch Break: Coincidence or Divine Intervention?John Jansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08241558776415884637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352536197106136774.post-55965355745571695802009-07-30T15:28:05.897-05:002009-07-30T15:28:05.897-05:00I think something always to keep in mind is that m...I think something always to keep in mind is that <i>miracles always happen for a reason!</i><br /><br />I'm sure your friend is a nice enough fellow, but how it is absolutely necessary to God's Plan to save him from prosaic catastrophe eludes me and thus (probably) precludes Divine intervention.<br /><br />I do, however, love miracles. Especially really silly Medieval miracles (e.g. legs of mutton turning into fish, people's pants catching fire immediately after slandering a bishop).<br /><br />I also detest the sort of explaining away of miracles that the secular do. Saying that the "miracle" of the loaves and fishes was that "Jesus taught the people to share."<br /><br />The most idiotic critique of miracles I've ever heard was in John Cornwell's "The Pope in Winter." He said that the kind of miracle that should be accepted to prove sainthood should be expanded to include things like "the healing of a broken marriage." Yeah — stuff we could all do if we just put our hearts into it ...The Dutchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634052176803455348noreply@blogger.com