"The Miracle of Life"
Someone posted this cliche on my board today so I thought I would risk pissing everyone off and share my philosophy one more time on this subject.Many people like to refer to it as "the miracle of life". As far as I know, it's not so much a miracle as it is science and biology. I was born to breed. That's my job as a woman. I can only explain it in one way, the way I told many, many people who wanted to be repeat that my pregnancy was a "gift from god" or such a "little miracle":
If you took a bowl of cold water and placed it in a microwave, cooked it for 3 minutes on high power and then took it out, would you touch the water and say "Its a Miracle!" I don't think so. A microwave's job is to heat things. My job as a female is to grow other little beings in my uterus. Hell, that's even what its there for!
Now, if I put a letter in my microwave and it arrived at Stacey's house in Colorado, you better believe THAT would be miraculous. But hot water? Nope. Not even a little. A baby? Not really. Not unless you didn't have ovaries and a uterus OR you never touched a man in your life. Now THAT would be a miracle.
Sorry if I have offended. It is just something that has bothered me for a long time. Don't get me wrong. YOU can go on and on about how its a little miracle that a person could grow inside you. If that is what you believe, I will let you have that. But please don't expect me to nod enthusiastically and hold my hands to the heavens and say "Blessed Be".
posted by Metalmeredith @ 2:54 PM
2 Comments:
I guess my definition of a miracle is not the divine that it is originally intended. I do think that the "science" involved in creation of life is amazing and beautiful. You make a good point though that maybe the word miracle is overused. The "gift from god" phrase is just rude though.
I think that people refer to it as a Miracle because they don't understand how it happens - it is mind-boggling. I think the word is used a lot in that context.
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