Like I said, I’d be more impressed if I won the lottery without even buying a ticket.
I mean, if I’m just standing in my backyard, and a piece of paper comes wafting out of the sky, and it happens to be the winning ticket, I’d put some serious thought into this whole god stuff.
Or just very big mirrors.
Or, it was someone who was already a billionaire, who bought the winning ticket, and then decided they were just going to mess with someone else’s mind, since they don’t actually need the money.
It’s what I would do if I were a billionaire.
Fair, and I didn’t say it would make me immediately drop to my knees and start praying, just that I would give it more credence than I normally do in my life.
That may be what you would do if you happened to have a billion dollars, but if you were a billionaire, you didn’t get there by giving away money just because you don’t actually need it.
A billionaire giving up a billion dollar (really more like $300 million after payout and taxes) lottery ticket would also make me think that there may be something to this whole god thing.
Maybe he inherited it. From God.
Are you saying G-d is dead?
I want to see the soap-opera esque reading of God’s will.
Posh law office, bespectacled lawer, son angry at getting cut out in favor of his identical twin half brother from a secret marriage, and just a sprinkle of amnesia to set the tone.
Haven’t read the whole thread, but just seeing the title for a week has had me thinking:
Right-Wing Christians (my background) make a big deal out of whether you believe in God or not… but I realized, It’s not just believing in (a) god, but what sort of god?
(I’ve had it with “their God”, one who hates anyone of a different sexuality or race, and will gleefully smite the church’s political enemies with a hurricane or a rain of fire…)
I believe in a God who created the world and all the scientific mechanics of it, the laws of physics included. A deity who doesn’t break their own rules willy-nilly just to make some big special effect.
A Jewish friend read that the Jews crossing “the Red Sea” probably referred to the more shallow Reed Sea. And a stiff wind could “part” those waters…
I loved that! A god who doesn’t mess around with the laws of nature. If s/he needs a “miracle”, it’s a logical one.
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So my response to the OP’s “Parting of the Atlantic” would be to roll my eyes and mutter “A little showy, wouldn’t you say?”
$5.00 will get you two and a half MegaMillions tickets.
Or one MegaMillions, one PowerBall and one Super Lotto.
Go with the latter, always best to diversify your investments.