Comments on: McNally’s Challenge, 10th Anniversary Edition http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/177 It's easy when you show them how. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:10:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jan http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/177#comment-43102 Jan Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:34:24 +0000 http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/177#comment-43102 Similar story. Not long time I did not have much money to spare. Tired and frustrated on my metro ride home I started to pray for a sign that would indicate to get off the train early on the station with a lottery. Nothing was happening. I was glazing all around and everything was normal. Suddenly I realized that the train on the other track came empty. That's not enough for a sign I said to myself. And then it strucked me! Money train! Yes that's the sign. I luckily got out before door closed again, bought a ticket and you know the rest of story.. Money waste as predicted. Now I do much better but do not dare to take it as granted. I will never find out about pure luck or divine plan, or will I? Similar story. Not long time I did not have much money to spare. Tired and frustrated on my metro ride home I started to pray for a sign that would indicate to get off the train early on the station with a lottery.
Nothing was happening. I was glazing all around and everything was normal. Suddenly I realized that the train on the other track came empty. That’s not enough for a sign I said to myself. And then it strucked me! Money train! Yes that’s the sign. I luckily got out before door closed again, bought a ticket and you know the rest of story.. Money waste as predicted.
Now I do much better but do not dare to take it as granted. I will never find out about pure luck or divine plan, or will I?

]]> By: Steve http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/177#comment-2356 Steve Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:39:46 +0000 http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/blog/archives/177#comment-2356 Some years ago I made a sincere deal with God. I would buy a lottery ticket (something I never do so the odds of a false hit were miniscule). It was a big one, Powerball or something. God would arrange for that ticket to win, I would have a powerful reason to become a believer, and every penny of the winnings would be handed over to the church in a move sure to generate a great deal of pro-God publicity. And I definitely would have handed it over, too. I was serious. Either the answer was "I don't work that way" or there is no God, or no God who gives a damn whether I believe or not. Some years ago I made a sincere deal with God. I would buy a lottery ticket (something I never do so the odds of a false hit were miniscule). It was a big one, Powerball or something. God would arrange for that ticket to win, I would have a powerful reason to become a believer, and every penny of the winnings would be handed over to the church in a move sure to generate a great deal of pro-God publicity. And I definitely would have handed it over, too. I was serious.

Either the answer was “I don’t work that way” or there is no God, or no God who gives a damn whether I believe or not.

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