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To: tejek who wrote (246408)	8/17/2005 6:37:33 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1572571

Ted, Explain to me how faith can be tested when no one can prove or disprove the thing that is the object of the faith. I'll take Columbine as an example. Cassie Bernall is well-known for answering "yes" when asked at gunpoint, "Do you believe in God?" But did you know that not too long before that incident, she was rebelling just as much as Eric and Dylan? It got so bad that her mom had to move and change jobs just to get Cassie away from the wrong crowd she mixed herself up with. But her mom never gave up on Cassie. Later on, Cassie attends a church youth group retreat and accepts Christ. Suddenly, her mother reports, she is a much better person, so much so that her mother really couldn't believe it. Unfortunately, her mother still didn't fully grasp the extent of Cassie's conversion when the Columbine incident took place. Now she knows, and although she is sad that her daughter is gone, she at least knows that Cassie's life and death have inspired millions of Christians and led hundreds more to seek Christ. Now you tell me. Was this an instance of faith being rewarded? Or was this just another product of "chance"? Can you prove one way or the other? Tenchusatsu