Personal experience

[DiRNiS]

I was at a Christian camp (I was 15) and I was utterly depressed. I was at the beach and lying and some rocks. For some reason I said, 'God if your there send some dolphins.' Of course, I doubted there was going to be any. A few minuets later, I saw dolphins not too far away from me. I Have been to that place 12 yrs in a row and never seen dolpins there.

Tell that to a mother that fervently prays to god to not let her child die from cancer and her child dies anyway. This is one of the problems I find with theistic beliefs. Why would god find it more important to send dolphins to entertain you or help someone do well in his/her driving test but let millions of children starve to death or mothers lose their children to disease after begging the same god not to let it happen?

It is not that I don't believe your claim that you saw dolphins, but I don't see it is a proof of your god's existence. If you ask me, yes, I say it is coincidence. There is no imaginary being up there granting wishes to random people. An all benevolent god would have much higher priorities such as healing a sick kid or helping a mother find food for her starving children rather than making some dolphins come near you.

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Dammit Eilonnwy, you beat me to it.

But yeah, my thoughts exactly.