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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 5:20 pm
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robvalue,
Absolutely correct, but we shouldn't evoke confirmation bias by default with those unverified stories because often it will not be even that, and you are in danger of overplaying the skeptic hand the more exaggerated or inaccurate they are.
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:20 pm
(November 29, 2014 at 3:57 pm)Castiel Wrote: Does this mean there's something like "fate" that caused this?
No, it just means that the woman happened to see something in the road, stopped to check it out, discovered it was her husband's wallet, and then attributed a silly religious story to it to make it more appealing to her and other gullible idiots.
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:25 pm
One time there was a woman who had guests so she locked her unruly daughter in the bathroom. The girl kept screaming and shit. Then when the guests went home, the mother unlocked the door. ....the girl vanished
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:26 pm
(November 29, 2014 at 5:04 pm)LostLocke Wrote: (November 29, 2014 at 4:50 pm)Jenny A Wrote: And when we've finished all of that, we must then either throw free will or the miracle out the window or drop it off the truck. And that's why you should always watch where you're driving. You might run over someone's free will.
OK, that was bad.... 
Or their wallet.
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:34 pm
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Your family worships a wallet god? You rarely hear it put so plainly by the faithful. So kudos to them for that, I guess.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:35 pm
(November 29, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Your family worships a wallet god? You rarely hear it put so plainly by the faithful. So kudos to them for that, I guess.
Prosperity theology at it's finest. Believe in god and you'll be wealthier. 
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:39 pm
Yep, I'm sold... wallet god for me.
Could the friend of a friend be lying about that story? Oh, no...impossible! Christians never lie! [/sarcasm]
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 7:59 pm
(November 29, 2014 at 7:25 pm)DramaQueen Wrote: One time there was a woman who had guests so she locked her unruly daughter in the bathroom. The girl kept screaming and shit. Then when the guests went home, the mother unlocked the door. ....the girl vanished
That's not a miracle, that's just disintegration bias!
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 8:13 pm
I once had a friend who had a second cousin, who's puppy once took a dump on a lawn and today I stepped in dog shit. Is this god telling me something?
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RE: Amazing Coincidence, or Miracle?
November 29, 2014 at 8:23 pm
Nah, god's just reminding the dog to hang in there.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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