** Breaking News** Do you believe in MIRACLES?

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Why do these always turn into this kind of crap? Why is it necessary to tell the OP what your persoal beliefs are? What is so dificult in just saying, "good for you!" and moving on?

He believes God was involved. So what? Does it threaten anyone's atheism to read those words?

This +1

And OP, God is Good!! Always looking out for us!

Well..... ALMOST all of us. MissDeeDee78 up there is still SOL as apparently God hasn't gotten around to finding her keys yet.

I loved reading your story! Inspirational...and congrats on finding the keys and your fantastic work out! If people don't want to read about something concerning faith, then they can go back to doing what they were doing...or watch a little TV, get a snack ....or just take a nap!

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Why do these always turn into this kind of crap? Why is it necessary to tell the OP what your persoal beliefs are? What is so dificult in just saying, "good for you!" and moving on?

He believes God was involved. So what? Does it threaten anyone's atheism to read those words?

It negates the good deed of the individual who found his keys because the "goodness" is attributed to a higher power rather than being seen as an example of the benefits of helping each other out.

No. No, it doesn't.

Do you think the 'miracle' is that someone decided to be a good Samaritan? Hope not, or you have a pretty dim view of humanity. It doesn't appear to be the OP's view either - he didn't seem shocked that someone would try to get his keys back to him.

Or do you think the 'miracle' is that someone found OP's keys under conditions with an extremely low probability of OP ever getting them back again regardless of whether the person made an effort to return them - and yet 'somehow the stars aligned' and OP got his keys back?

Praising God (any god\s, devil\s, or even your lucky stars) for having circumstances align in a favorable way takes nothing away from the good Samaritan.

Love how all the christians don't comment on the starving kids in africa. Praise the lord...

but, see, no one is bashing Atheists, so there is no reason to bring up starving kids in Africa in a post that has nothing to do with that. OP is happy and relieved that someone was kind enough to get in touch with him about his lost keys. He shared his story with us. The end.

Haha yep the end, If you say so.

Why not give the credit to the nice, real human being that found your keys and turned them in. She is probably an atheist who believes in simple human kindness.

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.

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"Not only is she not an afterthought, but she has reached out to me several times since yesterday in regards to furthering her career. She is in IT and I am helping her look for a position that will advance her career.

I don't believe in coincidences. There is a reason my God, who is 1 of a 1,000 I guess, answered my prayers. See even finding keys as small as it seems is a blessing to me.

I am not sure why it's important to question my faith. The woman who found the keys MAY be an atheist but WHAT does that have to do with me praying and being blessed by her actions?"
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God works all things together for good for those who love him! I don't know the reference. I have found that the Creator desires to be active in every part of our lives, we are only to ask and believe!

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.

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.