RE: 3 Questions For Believers (A work in progress.)
June 28, 2014 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2014 at 12:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 27, 2014 at 2:33 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I concur with lek, I think like that sometimes too. It's not something that's done to you, it's a perspective that you choose to take. Everything that happens was God's will. I think after something happens that it was either something God did or did not want to happen, and I'll roll with that. I think it's a positive thing in that I don't get hung up on circumstance. I just make the most of what happens.
Curious. So, just for shits and giggles, what would be the difference between something that happens -because it was gods will- and something that happens -just because-? Simply the act of your choosing? Do we really need to invoke "god's will" for everything, or might there be some things we'd rather go ahead and leave outside of that set?
@Lek, am not sure that I, personally, would be willing to believe that god was with me when I got flat tires, got flat tires repaired, and paid for those repairs - all through human agents. I might be willing to concede that I didn't take care of my car all that well though. Maybe the consequences of negligence where with you, rather than a divine presence? Just my two cents. It is fascinating, of course, that you had such an experience tied to such a mundane series of events as flat tires. Lends credence to the idea that one can have this sort of experience anywhere, anytime, with regards to just about anything. I bet I've had similar experiences.
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