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Mystery priest performs miracle at Missouri crash - then disappears!
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He was all "right and hail mary... son and messiahs and whatnot... you know, you're all, infused with spiritual energy or summing. Voila! T..that's how your preachers do it, right?"
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"It's a miracle! Or something, erm, gotta dash..."
Monocle
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GodParticle
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Let's be real...that angel/priest was looking out for himself by disappearing. He would've been sued if things didn't work out
What's hilarious to me is that this whole story is ludicrous and shouldn't even be news. No one even has to say 'coincidence.' What was the miracle? Some people saying they want a prayer and then a preacher coming and giving a blessing? Oh wow, what a miracle
Wait, which Doctor is this?`
Priest discovers secret rescuing tricks that EMTs don't want you to know!
What's hilarious to me is that this whole story is ludicrous and shouldn't even be news. No one even has to say 'coincidence.' What was the miracle? Some people saying they want a prayer and then a preacher coming and giving a blessing? Oh wow, what a miracle
Wait, which Doctor is this?`
And lo, CNN prayed for something to talk about on their 24 hour news cycle, and God heard their call, for they are a righteous and benevolent organization.
Nice story. I never got the "it's insulting to firefighters to thank god comment". It just comes across as the agent or person who did the saving was an irreplaceable piece to the puzzle and God worked through them. That's just me though.
This too. It's nice, but I don't really think its news.
What's hilarious to me is that this whole story is ludicrous and shouldn't even be news. No one even has to say 'coincidence.' What was the miracle? Some people saying they want a prayer and then a preacher coming and giving a blessing? Oh wow, what a miracle
This too. It's nice, but I don't really think its news.
SpectreFire
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Well, the whole point was that he helped calm her down and kept her going at a point where she was probably losing hope in the situation. The mind plays a lot in terms of your physical survivability, having someone or something calm you is really helpful in these situations. Maybe if he wasn't there, she might've not held on long enough. I doubt at that point rescue operators would've been able to help her with that particular situation.
ok I seriously laughed out loud @ this. But really, the news outlets trying to make this into a "miracle" remind me of those news stations who trumpet the latest image of Jesus Christ on a piece of toast. I mean, really news? This is a miracle? God is a triflin' motherfucker apparently
I mean yeah he gave them a little moment of calm when a terrible thing happened, but it's not a miracle. It's some random guy seeing a terrible event and, being a preacher, thinking God has the answer in that moment. Not "'oh god she prayed for a blessing and then God sent her a blessing!"
It's just so ridiculous we are as advanced as we are as a civilization and still we have to hear this superstitious garbage on TV. It's a nice deed, not a miracle, thank the man, not God.
SpectreFire
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I thought that was exactly the point that was being brought across. That the only thing at this point that could've calmed her down was a priest, and luckily enough, there was a priest nearby.
This is just ridiculous too. Why would the -only- thing to calm her down be a preacher? And even if that was the only thing, why would it be a miracle? What about the scenario is miraculous? Is any element of it particularly miraculous?
The fact that you exist in this moment in time is, statistically, far more miraculous.
SpectreFire
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Makes sense, clearly at that point, she lost faith in the fire department's ability to get her out before she dies.
Hell, most people would probably start to lose hope when their body has been completed mangled and rescues services are still struggling to pull them out an hour later. Who else was she going to turn to? Superman?
Just because you lose hope in firemen doesn't mean therefore preachers
For example, in such a situation, my Mom speaking to me might calm me down. A gentle police officer might calm me down. My sister, my brother. A friend. There's no power a preacher has that any other individual wouldn't necessarily posess. If this misguided individual stuck in the car felt the only way to be called was by the power of God, that still wouldn't make this a miracle.
Here's one I heard (absolutely insane, even writing it gives me chills) from an EMT instructor at an EMT academy:
He was out on a call about a car that went over the side of a roadway at night, down a steep hill, and rolled several times. They got the driver out and had her airlifted to a hospital. When inspecting the car he saw some baby stuff (blanket, toys) in the car, but the baby wasn't in there so he figured they must be at home.
Before he left, he had a funny feeling and decided that he should double check. He did another search around the wreckage...
And fucking found the baby in its car seat a bit away from the crash, safe and unharmed. Apparently somehow the carseat became loose and during the crash the baby got launched out of the vehicle.
If he hadn't stopped and checked... nobody would've known the baby was there.
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It's an anti-miracle!
SpectreFire
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Just because people call towards god during extreme times of stress doesn't make them misguided. It just makes them human. I'm not at all religious and I've seriously pray when shit has gone extraordinarily bad. Are you saying I'm a misguided individual too?
When you're in a shitty situations, the realistic explanation for it is simply that shit happens. There is no good explanation. You got the shit end of the stick that day, that's it. That's not exactly what someone in that situation would and should want to hear though. A priest would be a way to offer an explanation beyond that, and that's something to calm people down. Just because it's something you don't understand, doesn't make it misguided, people have different ways of dealing with bad situations, if it works for them, then it works. I don't know why you'd be offended by it.
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You guys are no fun.
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People are also saying they took pictures of the scene and that the guy was in the pictures when they were taken but suddenly was not when they looked at them later. It's weird but I'm guessing there is a rational explanation in there somewhere. To me the picture thing is far more mysterious than the guy just disappearing or the idea that "praying out loud" like the girl wanted had any effect.
Only if you thought GOD (in the form of a blessing from a priest) was the absolute only thing that could save you or calm you down. And if you felt God was the only thing that could save you, misguided or not, a preacher coming out and giving you a blessing is not a miracle. Surely you could see that, right?
If I was stuck, the last thing in the universe I would think of is "oh God please save me" because that's ridiculous. That'd be a complete waste of my energy. That said, again, the point I'm making is not really that it's silly to wish for God to help in these situations. That's obvious. The point I'm making is that either way, a preacher coming out and giving a blessing is not a miracle. That's the crucial point. There is not a single miraculous element to the story.
A made up 13, since we know what all the other 12 look like
who knows with all the changing to the timeline Clara did. Probably made the second and third Doctors look weird too
MilesWebber
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How far was this from Gatlin, Nebraska?
Oh god, somebody changed the timeline.
Quick, we have to go back. Back to the... past!
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The rational explanation for the pictures is "anecdotal evidence is unreliable". Just because they say that he was in the pictures then suddenly wasn't doesn't make it true. Just like your post doesn't prove anything either. Where did you hear that people are saying this?
OP said he just didn't appear in any of the photos, not that he was actually in the shot when they were taken but then actually disappeared from them. That's a pretty major difference. Maybe he just wasn't there when the photos were taken.
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This post is really dumb.
Is that not what is happening here?
I don't know what actually happened. I wasn't there. But I think it is ridiculous to ridicule someone who reaches for God in a near death scenario.
roodiculous
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The priest regenerated, took on a new form, new priest will take over next miracle.
Is that what you say when people see Bigfoot and Elvis too?
Secret Fawful
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Oh geez, he looks like friggin Indrid Cold!
Bam Bam Baklava
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Sorry I don't believe everything I hear.
You know what's one of the worst forms of evidence?
Witness testimony. Good times, good times.
Taking someone's word for it is only marginally better than speculating.
Didn't say I believe it. I don't know what happened there. But going "well clearly they're just wrong" to the parties involved isn't very fair given that none of us were there.
Regardless, I have more of a problem with the mindset of ridiculing a woman for turning to God in a near death scenario. It is a natural reaction and I certainly don't think its ridiculous.
I don't even know why someone would say they're clearly wrong about. It was just a regular guy fulfilling his apparent chosen professional duty to God by responding to a tragic situation and giving out a blessing. There's nothing to be wrong about. Nothing miraculous occurred. These guys saw a person and that person gave a blessing; that's the long and short of the story.
It's not ridiculous to turn to God, it's ridiculous to believe God is the only one that can save you. It's basically an inherently absurd concept. As someone sitting in a situation where my mind isn't slowly sliding into desperation and fear, I can think clearly enough to know this. But just because something is ridiculous doesn't mean it isn't also a natural reaction. For example, God doesn't exist. So it's always ridiculous to say "God save me" when you're about to die, because no such being exists to save you. But that doesn't mean that it's not a natural reaction, given the way society is and the way most people are raised. All that aside, even if God DID exist, nothing in this story is miraculous.
the story reminds me of this
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/us/florida-plane-crash
shows how selfish our perspective
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/us/florida-plane-crash
shows how selfish our perspective
I'm convinced that he must have been an agent of God. It's the only explanation.
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As far as we can tell from their testimony - woman asks to pray, priest prays with her, later woman is rescued, later still the priest is no longer at location.
Becomes - an angel answered this woman's prayer, came down from heaven and saved her by keeping her alive and providing equipment to free her, then vanished back to heaven.
I love the moments that demonstrate the absurdity of calling moments like this miracles during tragedies.
Another famous example, when Wolf Blitzer asked this Tornado Survivor if she "Thanks the Lord.". Here is this lady, standing in front of her home where everything she had is destroyed. And this is what a journalist asks? Her answer is Gold.
No, God doesn't care about you dying in a car accident, same as he doesn't give a shit about the starving kids in Africa. If he DID give a shit, there's a million problems more severe than whatever situation you currently are in, and he'd probably solve those problems first. But he doesn't solve even those problems, so he certainly doesn't give a shit about you being in some car crash.
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