On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:09:46 -0400, James Holsenback wrote:

> LOL ... maybe that's where I'm living! My next door neighbor has a large
> "God Delivers" sign in his front yard. Now he's a pleasant enough
> fellow,
> who has been going through a rather rough patch lately. He's never tired
> to sermonize but I often felt the urge to ask him ... how's that working
> out for ya!

The illogic of the belief is that when things DO improve, that's the 
point where God has come through for him.

I've got family who have been through terrible cancer, and they praise 
God for helping them get through it.

I would never, ever put someone in that position through having to reason 
through "if God was on my side, why the hell did I get cancer in the 
first place?" though.

Although I did ask a coworker once "If angels exist, were the all on 
vacation on 9/11?"  That provoked a very thoughtful discussion, 
ultimately he couldn't disagree with me.  (This was a coworker who I was 
- and still am - good friends with.)

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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