(July 19, 2011 at 12:02 pm)TheCarlisle Wrote: My father was never a really religious person. He went to church while little, but no longer. He still believes in God and prays every day, though. In the 80's he was a manager for one of Mother's Pizza in Hamilton, Ontario. The lobby his restaurant was about 50ft by 50ft. None of the employees showed any signs of wanting to leave at the time, and business went as usual.
One night, a female employee was doing the closing routine and that involved locking the doors while cleaning up. She left a big trash bin in the lobby while she went to the back of the restaurant to get some cleaning things. While in the back, she heard a loud bang which was followed by some laughter. She came to the front of the restaurant to see what was going on and saw the trash bin empty. Its contents were thrown throughout the lobby, literally from corner to corner. Frightened, she left the store and refused to enter that restaurant again. The next morning, the mess was still there and 2 other people quit when they saw the mess. I'm not too certain whether the police were there because they suspected foul play.
I kid you not.
Without jumping to conclusions I'm going to ask if this event makes you think that God exists. I find it hard to believe that this could be proof to anyone, and if this was all the proof you needed, you were going to see God somewhere or another. It sounds more as if you want to believe in God, and you will use any means necessary to convince yourself he exists.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell