What gives?
‘Miracle on the Hudson’: All safe in jet crash
BREAKING NEWS: US Airways’ crew hailed in ‘miracle’ Hudson River landing
“BRACE FOR IMPACT!” NYC PLANE CRASH MIRACLE
Plenty instances in the past, with planes, trains, automobiles, and just about anything.
Denver plane crash: ‘Miracle’ no one died – Telegraph
Madrid plane crash: British woman’s miracle escape – Telegraph
Of course, I’m not, by far, the first to criticize this bullshit:
Plane Crash Survival: Miracle, or Skill and Science?
Regarding a crash in 2005:
Voice of Reason: Attributing the survival of the passengers to a miracle is an insult to the bravery, skill, and experience of the Flight 358 crew.
When do we stop giving credit to God where blame is what’s really due?
Know of any other good rants about the misuse of the term “Miracle”? Let me know, and I’ll add them.
Miracles are for an imperfect god.
One more rant for ya
http://mycolleaguesareidiots.com/archive/2009/01/...
I was thinking about this last night when someone being interviewed said, "Thank God", and my first thought was, "No, thank the Pilot for quick thinking, being trained for this situation, and doing his job." That is who people should be thanking. Then I thought if God was there then why didn't God just move the geese out of the way, that way people wouldn't have been injured, some guy wouldn't have broken both his legs, etc., This incident doesn't prove (or for that disprove) a God exists but what it does prove is that a pilot was well trained, and took control of a bad situation, and everyone came out alive. Bravo to him.
-Nam
As an aircraft mechanic for US Airways, this accident has a big impact on me. (I'm sure I've been on, and worked on that airplane at least once.) And to hear people discrediting the training and skill of all involved (Pilots, Flight Attendants, Engineers and yes even the passengers [They didn't panic.]) is so disheartening. To give all the credit to some invisible deity is preposterous. If he is so powerful that he can save the lives of all those people (I won't go over the fact that he should of been powerful enough to prevent the geese from even being there in the first place.), why doesn't he do something like make the land of the starving, fertile enough to feed them? Boy, that'd be a miracle. To have barren land suddenly sprout plants with food enough to feed everyone. But no, the only miracles we see are those that could easily be attributed to the skill of those involved. Such great miracles indeed.
Ah, another 'this is not a miracle' story. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-plane-cras... It's good to see these things showing up.
Ah, another 'this is not a miracle' story.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-plane-cras...
It's good to see these things showing up.
Good one. All this talk of miracles really does detract from things like education, training, practice, skill, etc.
If the plane had smashed into a thousand pieces and the passengers had become fish food, Pat Robertson would be talking about how the crash "proved" that the gay-embracing ways of the US had cost us "God's protection."
@JollyRoger that's a damn good point. I should search up what that nutter's had to say on the subject anyway. Bound to be lulzy stuff.
Miracles are supposed to involve something impossible (or at least highly improbable); what specifically is supposed to have happened that was impossible? The landing? The plane floating for long enough for the rescue to take place?
There’s so much controversy surrounding the plane crash-is it or is it not a MIRACLE, the pundits ask.Excuse me, everyone survived intact, everyone, what about that isn’t a miracle, Dr Joan wonders.
Thursdays plane crash is a reminder that miracles are possible for each and every one of us, anthat prayers are sometimes answered. Its as simple as that. Each and every passenger on that plane prayed for a life saving miracle, and their prayers were answered. How often do our prayers work that effectively and quickly?
The Miracle occurred because the exact factors or ingredients came together, from the highly skilled pilot, to the crew, the plane, the skills, the route, the timing, and more, was exactly and precisely what was needed to save the passengers.
The exact Miracle Brew! The dictionary defines MIRACLE as being from the Latin word “Miraculum” and meaning a “wondrous thing,” So wouldn’t you say that for each of those passengers, who faced their fear and survived the crash, this was truly a MIRACLE, a wonderous thing, an extraordinary, life saving, breath catching MIRACLE. I can only imagine, to narrowly escape death and take your next breathe, well, I don’t know how you could say it wasn’t anything but a MIRACLE.
When I was destitute, scared and depressed, I prayed for miracles all the time. I wanted food miracles, rent miracles, electricity miracles, and more. And more often than not, my needs weren’t met, the MIRACLES didn’t happen.
Every one of those passengers faced their own fear and they survived; in fact they actually experienced a real life saving MIRACLE. Get this, when you prayer or beg for a MIRACLE, and the higher powers that be, actually send you an olive branch and a rescue, why not call a spade a spade. I bet the husband who received the text his wife’s plane was crashing, felt such a relief at hearing she was alive that he believed there must be a God, and that God just shined his light on them.
The truth is, it’s a remarkable coincidence that this particular pilot, with his training and background, was on this flight, on this day. Now add to the mix, that this combination was exactly perfect to produce the desired results. Our highly trained pilot was given an opportunity to become a hero and not only save 155 lives, but he set a standard for the way we should all act when faced with crisis. He learned very quickly that morning, exactly who he is and what he is capable of handling.
Now if a Miracle means Marvelous Thing, what could be more Marvelous than facing death and surviving. For a pilot and his crew, what could be more gratifying than knowing they did the right thing, that all their training proved sufficient to enable them to save every passenger. In fact, its almost impossible not to believe it’s a miracle. To do so, would be to deny that wonderful things do happen, that sometimes it feels as if the hands of an Angel are actually protecting us.
What would be so terrible if a Miracle were really involved?
Wouldn’t the captain of the Titanic think it a miracle if he had been able to save the life of every passenger on that fatal night? And had the plane and all of its passengers sunk below the waters of the Hudson River, national TV would have us watching it go down while we prayed for Miracles to save the drowning victims.
10 years ago, I formed a very unique club, The Miracle Makers Club, with my children, to create miracles for our family.You see, we had lost everything, we had gone from wealth to rags, literally, and we were destitute. The kids and I made a vow that we would change our lives, literally, and you know what, we did learn to create miracles,
I discovered rather quickly that when a person is hungry, with no money to feed their kids, finding an unclaimed twenty dollar bill on the floor of the gas station is a MIRACLE. You have no idea how much gratitude. I experienced that night, and how long we had gone without dinner.
The truth is, my life is based upon miracles. You’ll never convince me that the rescue on the Hudson wasn’t a miracle!