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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TimF who wrote (38910)11/26/2001 9:13:35 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 82486
 
. I don't look at anything and say "wow God intervened here", nor do I go around constantly hoping for divine intervention in my favor.

That seems typical of the believers that I know, few as they are. Nope, doesn't qualify as an "invisible friend."

Karen



To: TimF who wrote (38910)11/27/2001 7:23:38 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
For the record, I am confident that God has intervened in my life and the life of others in providential ways, and I sincerely pray for His aid. Thus, I qualify as having an "Imaginary Friend". I have always found the banter about having an Imaginary Friend arch, petty, and insulting.

(By the way, "especially" does not mean "exclusively". Deism is a species of theism.)



To: TimF who wrote (38910)11/27/2001 8:19:22 AM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
nor do I go around constantly hoping for divine intervention in my favor.

I can think of several cases I have tried where I have prayed for divine intervention......<g>

JLA