What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen God do?

[bluejellybelly]

If you’re a Christian, like a miracle or breakthrough, or even maybe someone encouraged you with exactly what you needed to hear and you know it was God… all those sorts of things… I wanna hear!

Referring to your post, my friend left a good job which she had been enjoying for 15 years …why? God told her to leave, she said…😳

I am not sure..when humans suffer and are in pain, they may feel comforted by something (whether it’s God, a sixth sense, a spiritual feeling, gut instinct, whatever you want to refer to it as). Let’s face it, it might be comforting to know that the spirit lives on and there is something after this life…we might find it harder to accept that the loss of a loved one, or the loss of our own life, means the end.

Echo chambers are not healthy things. The Board is called "philosophy and religion". Not good bedfellows really, given that philosophy is all about logical exploration, which is exactly what many of the comments you appear to be objecting to are doing: observing and discussing the logical contradictions of religion.

At the same age my DB wasn't so fortunate. I wonder why you were being watched over and he wasn't.

So no answer to this? I'd love an explanation.

Sorry, I wasn't clear because I was a bit shocked and exasperated tbh. I agree with the statement "It's not a private discussion site for believers" and I don't know why MNHQ are censoring comments. After leaving them overnight too meaning I saw them and know they weren't abusive or against the rules. I certainly didn't break any rules and had a comment deleted, looks like you're only allowed to have an opinion if it aligns as an MN Mod sees fit.

So why did I have my post deleted. Too close to the truth, eh?! And yet you let all sorts of foul stuff filter through. Beggars belief, Admin!

I think it's definitely important to hear the views of atheists and people who don't feel that there is a god due to the constant suffering of innocent people.
I don't have any experience of a god "doing things" per se. I was diagnosed with cancer last year and at the time I was definitely angry, sad, scared, thinking why on earth do some people coast through life with no illness and why do I, in my 30s and with small children, have to suffer like this.
As it's gone my treatment has been very easy, I'm currently cured, and it's been quick and with minimal mental and physical damage. I have also started going to church as I have found it very comforting.
I feel incredibly grateful but I'm still afraid. And I feel very sad and guilty for the poor people who don't have it as easy as I have. But then, who's to say mine won't come back later? I don't know.
Personally my experience hasn't shown me that god performs miracles. I think that, if there is a god, the free will we've been given is both the miracle and the curse. So doctors, medical treatment, kindness and caring, is the miracle. Suffering is the curse. But both can usually be put down to the actions of people as whole. Even natural disasters, can they be put down to global warming? Changes we've made to the earth? The suffering of individuals is a very hard thing to deal with when if there is a god it seems he loves us as individuals but we live with the consequences of our actions as a sort of sentient whole.
I don't know. It's one of the hardest things to learn about life as you grow up, I think.
The parable of the drowning man I find very interesting and helpful. But it still doesn't explain all of it.

My post wasn’t abusive, was on topic and didn’t break any talk guidelines. Would love to know the rationale behind deleting it.

I think it was a great question to ask. Sometimes it helps us to see the positive things that happen in the world. It doesn't make the bad things go away of course. I don't have any personal experience of miracles but I've been enjoying reading Pete Grieg's book which has plenty. Jesus's core message was just one of basic kindness. Generations of humans layered controlling and persecuting rules on top of it and it's a shame that in the present day that's all we see now. But the core message was try to do good things. Not that bad things will never happen. I take a lot of comfort in that every day. It's a shame if people can't express their faith without making people angry though.

“friend left a good job which she had been enjoying for 15 years …why? God told her to leave, she said…😳”

Why would it be implausible that God communicates with His children? 🤔

I specifically stated that my beef was with atheists trying to derail the thread. And nowhere have I claimed that the thread has 'nothing to do with' followers of other religions.

You're reading the thread very selectively if that's really what you think.

But how is any of that relevant to the topic OP posted?

I am a Muslim so not sure if I should share? God Is the Greatest 🥰

Ah ok, thanks for clarifying. I agree.

All gods are myths.

Your derailing is other's reasoned questioning.

I'm reading what is written.

I disagree.

Oh, good grief.

But it isn't relevant to OP's question.

Your reasoning is equivalent to what happens on these threads where an OP posts something like 'Should I punish my DC for pushing a slice of toast and jam in my face?' and gets a string of responses along the lines of 'You shouldn't be giving your DC jam OP, it's very unhealthy'/'Don't you know jam's full of sugar OP?'/'I hope you were supervising your DC to make sure they didn't choke on the toast crumbs.'

In other words, it's like you and others on this thread have spotted the word God in a thread title and completely ignored the actual question because you're falling over yourselves to rubbish the whole concept of there being any kind of deity at all when, once, again, it isn't relevant to OP's question.

Wouldn't you find it more satisfying to start your own thread on the topic you're trying to shoehorn into this thread, than hijacking an unrelated thread and attempting to subvert it for your own ends? scratches head in puzzlement

Of course echo chambers aren't healthy. But the thread title wasn't 'Debate the logic of belief in a deity'. Questioning off-topic posts isn't the same thing as wanting a thread to be an echo chamber.

It's also important that many Christians don't believe in the sort of deathbed cures and leg growing miracles many are talking about on here. So it's not a Christians v Atheists thing.

Could you have a little word in his ear then? My DP was only born with one hand and he'd quite like another one please?

I've seen people previously unable to get out of bed or function in any way without alcohol, be able to live productive and happy lives. In AA some people believe in a traditional God and others in a Higher Power. I don't think it matters. Belief in something more powerful than you are, that's what helps many, many alcoholics.