My first thought was WHY? What prompted this line of thinking today... at this time?
I have a hard time buying into "their existence is close to miraculous" part, though. No doubt, I'll be hammered for my comments but there are, afterall, over SIX BILLION of us on this rock so that would be a heck of a lot of miracles ... which would mean that it doesn't qualify as a "miracle" at all.
I just spent the day with my daughter yesterday. I recently received a message from her that was so incredibly touching, I almost posted it here, when I finished drying my eyes, just because it was SO WONDERFUL... to me anyway. You would likely have read it and not felt the same way about it that I did/do. Our perception and perspective certainly play a large role here.
I, too, was an accident and never knew my father. Only one of my two half brothers knew his father. This is not an indictment of my mother's behavior but, rather, intended to show how utterly common we really are! As "they" say, anybody can be a father...
The mathematics of personal existence may be astounding but, on the other hand, out of those millions of spermatozoa, one is bound to hit the target! The value in life is something that we add to it and interpret for ourselves, as with my daughter's message.
You could have been the result of one of those many other chance combinations and still gotten many of the same genes which, in conjuntion with the same environment, might have resulted in you turning out very much the same. Who knows!?!
I feel that I'm jumping around but my point is that the biology of creation of life doesn't impress me that much. What people can then do with it... that's what's miraculous! I believe that was part of the point you were making but I just wanted to add my $.02. Yes, all the factors combine to make us who we are but, just as in weight training, we can overcome genetics to a great extent with the right guidance and support! Our environment plays such a critical role in who we become, IMHO.
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