Why are you (still) a Christian?

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Thank you for those.

All bar 2 sound very much like they could easily be psychological or coincidence.

I'd be interested to hear more about experiences like 2 if you could share more cases of God seemingly affecting the material world in response to prayer.

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There are plenty of Biblical answers to prayer. There are tons of message boards and podcasts and channels dedicated to prayers and answered prayer. If I interpret what you're implying it's that prayer is mostly confirmation bias or wishful thinking, and I agree for most people this is true for most of their prayers. Most, if not all of my effective prayers have been about not seeing a solution, and then one presents itself or about surrendering and waiting. I could list countless actual personal prayers of mine: My brother surviving Birth and growing up to be the pain in the ass he is today, my God mother living in stage 4 pain free and content, my God sister surviving 25+ years longer than any doctor thought was conceivable. I've unloaded a lot of personal information to the masses here over time, and I've been around the block a few times. You'll forgive me if I ask a couple questions, Why do you want to know? What's your point? What will be enough? I appreciate your conversational tone, but it usually belies a less than kind purpose, from the perspective of a Christian on an Atheist forum.

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After getting my booze and food, I walked back stopping at the bowling alley with a headache. Sat there trying to clear my head looking around at the situation I was in and the environment, I heard someone calling "you don't need that" as they approached.

So you were drunk and heard a voice. That's not a miracle. What about all the Christians who are drunks and never get that voice? I guess you were special.

Also, your friend was irreligious but called you to go to church.

Went back to the chiropractor to the very same Xray machine it had shown up on twice and it was gone.

Since when do chiropractors have X-ray machines? Needless to say, they are not real doctors. They are quacks who use pseudoscience.

Sometimes gifts from friends, sometimes ird tax refunds or refunds from overpaying medical bills or something.

That is the god of the Bible, alright. Thousands of people die of starvation every day, but he sends some well-fed guy tax returns and pays his food bills.

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I was hungover and heard my friend incorrectly. I never claimed it was a miracle. He probably said "who dat juvat" (common greeting in our squadron) and because of the distance, hangover and the wind I misheard. It sounded pretty close and clear when I heard it though. Yup he had never been to chapel on base and was headed there to check it out and invited me along.  He was not as irreligious after that.

I was a new patient and they typically do Xrays there as part of intake. It's not at all uncommon for chiropractors.

I believe He takes care of me so that I can better take care of others. It is a shame that the world is full of hurt people in need of help and that more people aren't willing to help.

So your god acts when he is threatened.   Got it.

 I'm not sure there is anything I could do that would threaten God.