Carl D. Atwood, a 73-year old man from Indiana, won $57,000 on a lottery TV show. He taped the program for later broadcast and headed home. On his way to the grocery store where he had bought his winning ticket, a black pickup truck rounded the corner and ran into him. The impact caused head injuries which led to Mr. Atwood's death. Ouch.
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January 25, 2004 01:03 AM
Joel --
Can't get the "lottery story" link to work. Is the problem on my end?
Personally I'm not a lottery type as I feel it's like doing an end run around God. My Bible says "my God shall supply all my needs ..." So why buy a ticket if my needs are being taken care of? Wouldn't that be like spitting in od's eye? I didn't intend this to sound "holier than thou", just a personal opinion. :-)
January 25, 2004 01:11 AM
But Patriot, do you have a job? If so, are you spitting in God's eye? After all, he'll provide all your needs right? Why do you have to work?
January 25, 2004 01:29 AM
Fixed it!
January 25, 2004 09:47 PM
Ahhhh, Mr. Twonky, always nice to hear from you! At a point a few years ago a job was one of my needs and I believe God provided the one I have now. And after all, 2nd Thessalonians 3:10 says, (paraphrase mine) "if you don't work , you don't eat." Say, what "burnt" you on Christianity anyway? Seems to me that somewhere in the past you made a statement re: being happy about having been delivered from Christianity. Just wondering.
January 25, 2004 10:40 PM
Patriot, do you work for Relevant mag by any chance? Or did you just put that because you like the site?
January 25, 2004 10:43 PM
I was never burned by anything. I gave christianity a shot and it didn't take.
I don't really need a security blanket anyways. ;-)
I'm happy to stand or fall on my own merits now.
January 25, 2004 10:45 PM
LOL.. I think those "famous last words" would fit perfectly on this page...
http://www.eclipse.net/~srudy/flw/flw0250.html
January 25, 2004 11:13 PM
Well, at least you're in the fantasy realm, which is appropriate!
January 26, 2004 03:42 AM
1st- Joel, no I don't work for Relevant magazine, just enjoy it. 2nd- Mr. Twonky, I'm quite enjoying this "security blanket" as you call it and really can't imagine life without it. Interesting reference of yours though re: living in the fantasy realm, hmmmmmmmmmm!
January 26, 2004 11:23 AM
Patriot!
More power to you! I think it's awesome to have the kind of faith that I see some people have. I really wish I could be like that, seriously. I see people with strong faith generally more happy than the rest. I've tried it even.
There are just too many inconsistencies with all the faiths that it makes someone like me (a skeptic already) more skeptical.
But I always say, if there IS a god and it is the God of the Bible, then he knows what it will take to make me a believer.
January 26, 2004 02:32 PM
Ahhh, Mr. Twonky ... I personally believe that a certain level of skepticism can be a good thing. I just wouldn't want to see it develop into nihilism. I'd love to discuss this more but I have to head out to that "job" we discussed earlier. I should be home by 5:00 a.m. if the weather calms down a bit, & I'll check back. They're closing roads & highways here on my end now because of blowing snow. I have to get into work as I'm the supervisor. Plus I'll want to see if the boys in the lottery pool at work won any part of this weekend's $25 mil! ; )