Cave Miracle

This kind of thinking Belle, is first, quite an insult to the dead navy seal diver as Robert masterfully pointed out. And then of course the doctor, you know, the one who gave up his vacation to risk his life to swim to the boys and stay with him for three days, and was instruimental in making them strong enough to swim out in the right order, his father died while he waited to be the last to swim out.

It is also an insult to the literally thousands and thousands of people who put in tireless endless bottomless hours of work and sweat and crushing nerves and fear…and the meticulous planning and the bravery of both the divers who helped them and the boys who plunged into the dark. What it came down to, was the work and consultation of thousands, the resources and attention of millions and the bravrey of individuals. God or the universe or whatever-the-hell  deserves ZERO of the credit. The

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by Davis.

No, its not!

The skill, expertise, & bravery of many divers & medical people who organized & carried out the rescue is what did it! One diver was from right here in BC & everyone here is very proud that he took it upon himself, among the 90 rescuers, to help.

A miracle would be if the boys had suddenly materialized safely outside the caves with no ill effects at all.

A few more days and it probably would have been too late. That is why it was a well executed plan. Around the world someone drowns every 30 seconds, over 1.2 million a year. (Sorry I don’t have the source of that statistic to hand). About 180 people drowned in Japan during flooding this week. It is just random who lives or dies.

Fuck that is what I say , intentionally.

Indeed Reg. 180 Japanese people drowning in flooded water. The miracle is the shocking awesomeness of God doing something good for people, saving their lives at the last moment or bringing them fortuitous luck against the odds. The bad luck stuff…that’s God working in mysterious ways (or maybe they didn’t pray enough).

A very badly timed death, say one where three different safety precautions all failed at once and a 16 year old famous actress’s elevator fell down a shaft to her death…is just as incredible a dose of luck (bad luck this time), just as much incredible as a plane landing safely in the ocean. It is really mindblowing that plane landed…and so doubtful it was just about luck or chance. but people seem to recognise the inevitability with bad luck. It’s a tragedy. They happen. It’s a game of odds. Someone has to die in a rare elevator accident eventually. Or struck down by lightening twice. Hey…these things occur.

But you only hear about the hand of the divine with the nice things, the feel good, the sweet children surviving a near tragedy. When a school of kindergarteners sets on fire because of a freak accident near impossible to hapen though…the divine hand is not to be found. “Oh that is so devastating! People too often die in fires. Now who can we blame. Not God. The city mayor or the board of education or the last inspector should lose their head. We want his blood! God is rarely called to the witness stand.

Pope, not curses to atheists, but divine intervention indeed.  What else is a miracle?