Examples of miracles

• Real examples of modern miracles

  • Juliana Koepcke
  • West Side Baptist Church
• Juliane Koepcke

  • Sole survivor of a plane crash
  • Had to travel for 9 days through the jungle
  • Spent much of her childhood in the jungle
  • Went on to become a zoologist- is now a doctor
  • Devoted to conserving the same jungle that almost killed her- good has come from her experience (William James)
  • Her seat spun, which softened her landing- miracles have to be naturally impossible
• West Side Baptist Church

  • All 15 members were late on March 1st 1950
  • At 7:27pm, 2 minutes after choir practice was to start, the Church exploded due to a gas leak
  • Why didn't God stop the pastor from turning on the heating?
  • God let the church (a place of worship dedicated to him) explode in order to save humans
• Similarities between Juliane Koepcke and the Church

  • Both could be coincidences
  • Everyone had reasons for their survival
  • Both events did actually happen
  • Both have been identified as miracles
• Miracles always have to be good, however they do not have to be God's doing- it could be an angel, or another supernatural force