** Breaking News** Do you believe in MIRACLES?
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There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
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This is what I was thinking. God gets blamed for horrible things caused by humans. And sometimes God gets praised for the generosity of another person. In my opinion, the OP was just being thankful, to God and the lady as well.0 -
IN for Harihara (Vishnu & Shiva). ♥ me some Mahabharata0
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Love how all the christians don't comment on the starving kids in africa. Praise the lord...
I believe.
And I struggle with all the injustice in the world. Especially things that involve little kids... Africa, child porn, abuse, disfunctional families... all of it.
I don't understand a lot of things, but I do know that I have experienced things in my life that were more than mere chance and therefore I CHOOSE to believe in something greater than myself.
I do not believe, however, that the fact that there are starving children in Africa proves that there is no god. Nor do I believe that my personal experiences prove that there IS one.
Those children are OUR responsibility too. And blaming god for their pain is can often be one way we abdicate our own culpability.
this. All of this is part of why I
you, Mirey. 0 -
You had some good luck there. But I prefer to believe that God has bigger fish to fry than helping you find your lost keys. :flowerforyou:
No he doesn't, Lent is over!
Lent. Fish. I see what you did there! That was awesome
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There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
This is what I was thinking. God gets blamed for horrible things caused by humans. And sometimes God gets praised for the generosity of another person. In my opinion, the OP was just being thankful, to God and the lady as well.
The OP expressed no thanks to the actual human being. He said that Jesus rocks, that God has his back, and "look at GOD!"
He didn't say "this young lady ROCKS!" or "this great person really had my back! Look at her!"
Nope. It's Jesus that rocks, and God that has his back. The person just did the actual work and doesn't deserve thanks because it was all God's doing. Or Jesus. Whichever.0 -
Do you believe everything you read on the Internet?
Of course not... That's just silly.
And for those starving kids in Africa, God has a plan for them. There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
If that's his plan for them, your god is a scumbag.
LOL.
You believe what you believe and I will believe what I believe. I have no problem saying what I believe and I can't get mad for people disagreeing, that's the beauty of life we all have our own opinions! 0 -
That is fantastic!! Don't forget to keep it going and go out of your way to help a stranger the next chance you get.
I believe the Lord uses people to do what needs to be done. He can use an Atheist for good purposes and that gives the Atheist an opportunity to be close to God and choose Him if she wants to.0 -
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Yay God!
Amazing how we are so desperate and we have the quick prayers of anxiety and panic and how in his perfect timing he *GOD* comes through
Or the actual human being who went through the trouble of picking up the keys and bringing them somewhere.
Nah. Forget that jerk. It was just God guiding his actions.
God gives us all choice, to believe or to not believe. He also can use us everyday if we choose to let him work through us. I don't understand why everyone gets their panties all in a bind when this man chose to post about something positive that happened to him and in no way through anyone/atheist/African children or what have you under the bus.0 -
Do you believe everything you read on the Internet?
Of course not... That's just silly.
And for those starving kids in Africa, God has a plan for them. There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
If that's his plan for them, your god is a scumbag.
#Freewill
If we didn't have freewill, everyone would be like robots and there would never be any pain in the world, or sickness, or starving... but we have it, and the world get's messed up because of it. I can't imagine when God made the world he was like "these people over here are the ones that are going to starve to death". It's because of past decisions that humans (not God) make. If God were to solve all the problems in the world, we would no longer have freewill or choice in our lives. It's like any child, if you shelter them from all the bad, they will never learn and make the right decisions themselves.0 -
Believing in G-d is a choice for anyone who has not witnessed near-death experiences. Those of us who've faced death, know there is a Higher Power, for a fact.
That said, for those to whom it is a choice, the way I'd look at it is like this, if you believe and you're wrong, you don't lose out on anything. But if you don't believe and you're wrong, sems to me you're losing out on the opportunity to connect with G-d, to feel supported and loved by Him, which is losing out on a lot, if you ask me. You have to decide that, though.
Uh, I've had a few near-death experiences. Don't speak for me.
As have I.
Also there's a term for exactly what you said about "you lose nothing by believing and end up being wrong".
Pascals Wager.
Doesn't work, sorry.0 -
Do you believe everything you read on the Internet?
Of course not... That's just silly.
And for those starving kids in Africa, God has a plan for them. There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
If that's his plan for them, your god is a scumbag.
#Freewill
If we didn't have freewill, everyone would be like robots and there would never be any pain in the world, or sickness, or starving... but we have it, and the world get's messed up because of it. I can't imagine when God made the world he was like "these people over here are the ones that are going to starve to death". It's because of past decisions that humans (not God) make. If God were to solve all the problems in the world, we would no longer have freewill or choice in our lives. It's like any child, if you shelter them from all the bad, they will never learn and make the right decisions themselves.
But he will find a person's car keys? Those are some messed up priorities.0 -
Yay God!
Amazing how we are so desperate and we have the quick prayers of anxiety and panic and how in his perfect timing he *GOD* comes through
Or the actual human being who went through the trouble of picking up the keys and bringing them somewhere.
Nah. Forget that jerk. It was just God guiding his actions.
God gives us all choice, to believe or to not believe. He also can use us everyday if we choose to let him work through us. I don't understand why everyone gets their panties all in a bind when this man chose to post about something positive that happened to him and in no way through anyone/atheist/African children or what have you under the bus.
Because he spent so much time thanking Jesus he forgot to thank the actual human being.0 -
Do you believe everything you read on the Internet?
Of course not... That's just silly.
And for those starving kids in Africa, God has a plan for them. There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
If that's his plan for them, your god is a scumbag.
LOL.
You believe what you believe and I will believe what I believe. I have no problem saying what I believe and I can't get mad for people disagreeing, that's the beauty of life we all have our own opinions!
Yes an all powerful and "loving" entity would let millions starve for no reason. He is either not all powerful and can't change the situation, or not all loving and chooses not to. Make your choice because it MUST be one of the two.0 -
No, I believe that people generally want to look out for each other. Yay, people!0
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I love this story. I love God and yes, I believe in miracles. I talk to one every single day.
I love good samaritans. Thanks for sharing and giving me a peace of hope that there are still good people out there.0 -
Truly Amazing! What a testimony! He is the I am!0
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Do you believe everything you read on the Internet?
Of course not... That's just silly.
And for those starving kids in Africa, God has a plan for them. There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
If that's his plan for them, your god is a scumbag.
#Freewill
If we didn't have freewill, everyone would be like robots and there would never be any pain in the world, or sickness, or starving... but we have it, and the world get's messed up because of it. I can't imagine when God made the world he was like "these people over here are the ones that are going to starve to death". It's because of past decisions that humans (not God) make. If God were to solve all the problems in the world, we would no longer have freewill or choice in our lives. It's like any child, if you shelter them from all the bad, they will never learn and make the right decisions themselves.
This is just what I was going to say, God does not CONTROL, this life is ours to (hopefully) make the right decisions. And when we believe that there is something greater than us, He HELPS. and he is HELPING those children in Africa, but more people have to be willing to help too.... Cus God is not going to help those who can't help themselves. God created this world and all that are in it... but he gave it too us to take care of...0 -
That was not a miracle. That was a person being a decent human being.
I found a cellphone last week and returned it to the owner. I am an unbeliever. That was not a miracle, that was compassion and honesty, something that religion does not have a monopoly on.
Give credit where it is properly due. I do not contest the possibility of a deity, despite not caring if there is one, but if you need to believe in a miracle, then believe that Creation was a miracle, because that is something that cannot be comprehended.0 -
Do you believe everything you read on the Internet?
Of course not... That's just silly.
And for those starving kids in Africa, God has a plan for them. There are people there doing there best to help them survive in a country that HUMANS brutally destroyed.
If that's his plan for them, your god is a scumbag.
#Freewill
If we didn't have freewill, everyone would be like robots and there would never be any pain in the world, or sickness, or starving... but we have it, and the world get's messed up because of it. I can't imagine when God made the world he was like "these people over here are the ones that are going to starve to death". It's because of past decisions that humans (not God) make. If God were to solve all the problems in the world, we would no longer have freewill or choice in our lives. It's like any child, if you shelter them from all the bad, they will never learn and make the right decisions themselves.
So people starve because god doesn't get involved because freewill. But he'll go ahead and find a dude's keys that were lost from a bicycle? While not finding a woman's keys that were stolen with her coat?0
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