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Unambiguous, Measurable Miracle (prayer answer)   

Want to prove your particular god (Jehovah, Jesus, Thor, Vishnu, Amon-Ra, Poseidon, Pele, etc.) exists?  There is no better way than demonstrating it with a unambiguous, measurable miracle.  This has been the accepted standard for centuries, yet for some reason our current day “believers” do not grasp what it means.  Even the bible is chock full of these type of miracles.  We’ll concentrate on Christianity given that’s the dominate mythology in this country and where my expertise lies.   

First of all, let’s examine what a miracle is.  In the religion field, it’s an extraordinary event caused by god.  It’s something that you can’t generally explain with secular science.  If I was able to levitate an eight ton boulder just by saying, “in the name of god, boulder, arise!”, most would consider this a miracle, with the power coming from some supernatural force.  Please keep in mind, not knowing how something is done does not mean it is miraculous.   

So, what if you have a wart on your finger, and you pray to Vishnu to remove it, and a couple of weeks later it is gone?  Is this a miracle?  Well, it could be.  Vishnu could have caused it.  However, we also know that the body can heal itself.  That’s where the unambiguous and measurable parts come in.  While an illness being healed, or someone donating money to you in a time of need, etc. might be true miracles, the fact that they also can occur outside the influence of supernatural forces means that you can’t logically use them as proof that gods and miracles occur.  So, what if while fishing, you pray to Poseidon to catch a fish and suddenly you do?  Miracle?  Again, possibly yes, but you also have to consider the possibility that it was coincidental.   

There are many, many examples of unambiguous miracles in the bible.  But for the sake of brevity, I’ll only use one as an example. It’s one of my favorite because the implications are complex.  In 2 kings 20, God tells King Hezekiah that he’s going to die from his illness.  Hezekiah cries and prays so hard that God changes His mind, and says He’ll heal him.  Now get this, God’s word wasn’t good enough.  Hezekiah wanted a miraculous sign.  And God did it!  God moved the shadow of the temple BACKWARDS! (presumably by moving the sun backward, but no matter how He did it, it was a miracle).  While it’s not pertinent to this article, I think it’s amazing that you can talk God into changing His mind.  The main thing it shows is that you can ask for a miracle as PROOF and get it.  Combine this with Jesus saying you can move a mountain with faith as small as a mustard seed and we’re ready to rock and roll.

So to all you believers out there, SHOW ME A MIRACLE! Give me a sign. Show me proof, just like they did in the bible.  Don’t say “bring it on” if you’ve got nothing for me.  I’ll take ANYTHING as long as it’s measurable, and most importantly, UNAMBIGUOUS.  Move a mountain, or move a pebble.  Heal the lame, or heal a paper cut (spontaneously of course).  How about making one of our war heroes that have lost a limb, whole again?  Anything will do.

Conclusion?  No one will step up to this task.  Oh, there will be plenty of excuses (I’m pretty sure I’ve heard them all), but absolutely no one will be able to offer a single, tiny little miracle.  The bible has miracle after miracle being done, some solely as proof of God and His word, yet we all know that NOT A SINGLE PERSON will be able to accept my challenge.  Why?  Well, we all know the answer to that question, even if most of you don’t want to admit it.

But in case I’m wrong, and someone does have the faith of a tiny mustard seed, tell me what miracle you’re going to ask your god to perform and I’ll be looking for it.  If you want something simple, I have one of those crystals with the laser etching inside of it, on my desk.  Get your god to turn it upside down.  Yeah I know, that’s not nearly as dramatic as the sun moving backward, and no one will see it but me, but it WOULD CERTAINLY convince me and you’d hear me screaming about it at the top of my lungs.

I’m waiting…