Believers: Answer This! (1)?
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I also believe that if you ask for a miracle it will happen. \nI broke my back when i was 18 im now 38  twenty years ago. \nIn 2 years time.. i will be 40.. this is a big mile stone for me. \n\nI was told at 18 that by the time i was 40 i will be in a wheel chair. \nI was also told i wouldnt walk again. \nif it was .. Mind over matter. or a miracle.  or both. \nI know something higher than me helped me..  \nGot me back on my feet.. step by step.. year by year.\nI pray still today.. that i will make my 40th birthday.. walking.\nHappy.. and Alive with every moment that is around me. \n\nBlessings. ALD
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"To those who believe, no explanation is needed...To those who don't believe, no explanation will do."\n\nNo human can make another human believe anything... but there will be a time when no one can deny the truth...\nGod Bless.
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this is the question that plagues my faith.
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Proof.  I just read through the above answers, and sorry, but no amount of religious zeal or "because I said so, and I believe, therefore I'm right" is going to convince anyone.  quoting scripture, or saying that because you believe Darwin to be wrong, and have some piece of spam to back you up.  The one sentence that would convince me?\n"This is God, you have some explaining to do!"
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Hummm.\n\nGreat question! I am betting you kept thousands of True Believers busy clicking onto your (sorry, stupid otherwise) question.\n\nBetter doing this clicking on YOUR question, than asking their silly, droll, meaningless religious questions .. cause while they are reading YOUR question, they do not have time to type THEIRS!\n\nMy hat is off to you! and, thanks for the points.
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Believer: "I prayed for a new job, and God provided me one!"\n\nSkeptic: "How do you know it wasn't just coincidence?"\n\nBeliever: "There are no coincidences--everything happens for a reason, and when I pray, it is answered."\n\nSkeptic: "Every time?"\n\nBeliever: "Well, no, not every time. Sometimes it is not God's will that I have what I ask for."\n\nSkeptic: "How do you know it isn't God's will?"\n\nBeliever: "Because he didn't answer my prayer!"\n\nDo you see how this works? It's circular reasoning at its finest. It's also a matter of counting the hits and discarding the misses. Every coincidence simply reinforces the believer's conviction that prayer (or spell castings or whatever) works, while the unfulfilled wishes are simply brushed off with, "Oh, it wasn't God's will."  If I want a new job, and I set out to get it, and I actually get it, I don't attribute it to the workings of some higher power. A believer, in the same circumstances, would do so, and there is no good reason why they should.  Coincidences happen a million times a day, all over the world, to believers and unbelievers alike. It means absolutely nothing.
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AMEN!  I agree with the author of this question.
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OMG, that almost makes me want to become a believer. Yikes!!
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Do You want evidence?\n\nOr a simple answer?\n\nEphesians 4:5
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If you are talking christian "believers" (they're not all the same, you know) ... I have often wondered the same thing, Mia .. True believers should be foaming at the mouth in excitement to die early, to go be with their Jesus and leave this imperfect world ... they should be jaywalking and smoking like chimneys .. hoping to be "called" sooner rather than later .. don't you think?
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The answer lies within the question....
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See, that's the point... all of the answers are provided for them.  There is no reason to think.  Do you really believe that people who use logic would fall for all this religious crap?
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I think that a good portion of the Christians who ask and answer questions on this site seem to have bias. Which is fine, if they're asking a question that pertains to their religion. It stops making sense once they ask the 'non-believers' if we'll 'enjoy going to hell' and other such non-questions. But, I'll have to agree with you. Most of the Christan asked questions about the non-believers usually claim a close minded answer the 'best'. Which leads me to believe that they're just looking to justify their own opinions among their heard and are not actually looking to learn about how other people view the world. Thus leading me to the conclusion that people like that shouldn't bother wasting their question points on things like that. :)
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okay ...now where is your list of believers huh???\n\nchristopher columbus, abraham lincoln, galileo, issac newton, and on and on.\n\n\nbiased flawed reasoning...yet once again. no i have found just the opposite. when i put too much faith in my finite mortal flawed self...my achievments are limited.\n\nfaith in God is the greatest weapon ever.\n\nbut i am guessing yo don't even understand what i mean.
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This is one of those standard retorts that drives a stake through the hearts of bleedin' heart christians and their rabid war-mongering associates even.\nIt's a stumper for some, an opportunity for trotting out the prepared church answer for others.\nI am not one of either of these, thank the Dog!
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:}\nHe eats the faithful believers,  Don't  you are safe
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Christians never take the time to explain such a basic question.  When written, the writers were talking about the people living at that time, of course.  If Rangedog is right,  there will never come a time when even the people who cannot read get the message, so it will never happen.  That is convenient for the believers. They can claim forever that the end is coming.