(September 23, 2017 at 10:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(September 23, 2017 at 10:19 pm)emjay Wrote: It's curious how theists would rationalise something like that... but I guess if they were alive to do the rationalising they always would and it would come down to this: "God nearly killed me, but didn't. Praise the Lord!"
But he nailed all those other fuckers to the wall!
Yeah I get that, but I doubt that would be at the forefront of a theist's mind... pretty much ever. Such is how prayer and thanking god always works; no failure standards... something is ether good, or it hasn't happened yet and just needs more waiting... there's no concept of a non-answer or a negative answer.