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01-29-2003, 06:06 PM

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. � A teenager was catapulted at least 25 feet in the air during an auto accident but grabbed onto overhead utility wires like an action hero and dangled for about 20 minutes before a rescue crew brought him down by ladder.

Joe Thompson III, 18, was treated for bruises and scratches at a hospital and was released.

"God was definitely in control," he said.

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Amie · 01-29-2003, 06:15 PM

I just read the whole thing, wow what an incredible story. If I were him I would think it was divine intervention as well.

pz · 01-29-2003, 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by Amie
I just read the whole thing, wow what an incredible story. If I were him I would think it was divine intervention as well.

So did god fling him up there, too?

Azathoth · 01-29-2003, 06:18 PM

God is in control

I suppose I should ask theists;if you actually believe in such a creature,do you ever feel it is utterly and completely mad?

A baptist,and a cancer survivor.Ouch.

01-29-2003, 06:19 PM

Divine intervention? Nonsense. The only reason why this guy survived is because of human intervention. If we had allowed "god" to handle things he would have fallen to his death on the concrete below.

Amie · 01-29-2003, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by atheist_in_foxhole
Divine intervention? Nonsense. The only reason why this guy survived is because of human intervention. If we had allowed "god" to handle things he would have fallen to his death on the concrete below.

yes I understand thats what *you* believe. Obviously the guy who had the experience feels differently...
there's no harm in that.

pz · 01-29-2003, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Amie
yes I understand thats what *you* believe. Obviously the guy who had the experience feels differently...
there's no harm in that.

Except, of course, that it demeans the dedicated rescue workers who actually saved him.

Wouldn't it have been more sensible of god to have whispered in the tailgating moron's ear that he ought to fasten his seatbelt and maybe drive a little slower? Or maybe god was just having a good time, chuckling as he catapulted the little dink through the air.

Orestes · 01-29-2003, 06:49 PM

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Or maybe god was just having a good time, chuckling as he catapulted the little dink through the air.

Gotta admit, that is kind of funny

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Abacus · 01-29-2003, 06:51 PM

Well, there we have it folks. Clear and unequivocal evidence of the divine. I mean, really. Getting thrown from your vehicle into energized power lines and surviving without hardly a scratch? What are the chances of something so unlikely occuring? Common sense dictates that any event with less than a one-in-a-thousand chance of occuring can only occur with the active intervention of a deity. In fact, if you look hard enough, miracles like this occur nearly everyday to at least one of the earth's 6,275,723,976 inhabitants. People win the lottery against 500 million-to-one odds or survive being struck by lightning or recover from a terminal illness. Don't you see? We are literally swimming in evidence for the divine. Only a heartless, close-minded fool would attribute these things to dumb, blind luck. Well, I no longer wish to be such a person. I have seen the error of my ways. I hereby renounce my atheism. I suggest that you do too.

Praise Zeus.

BrotherMan · 01-29-2003, 11:12 PM

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"God was definitely in control," he said.

Thompson lost control of his Jeep on Monday evening after another car suddenly turned in front of him.

Thompson's Jeep clipped the other car and rolled over and over, possibly five times, witnesses said.

The Jeep's fiberglass top was ripped off, and Thompson, who was not wearing a seat belt, flew through the air, bouncing off three power lines and falling onto what he believes was a telephone wire and grounding wire. His leg caught in one wire, and he grabbed for the other.

Well, of course God was in control! This accident couldn't have been Mr. Thompson's fault!

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01-29-2003, 06:15 PM	#2
Amie Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,626	I just read the whole thing, wow what an incredible story. If I were him I would think it was divine intervention as well.

01-29-2003, 06:18 PM	#4
Azathoth Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The centre of infinity Posts: 1,181	God is in control I suppose I should ask theists;if you actually believe in such a creature,do you ever feel it is utterly and completely mad? A baptist,and a cancer survivor.Ouch.

01-29-2003, 06:19 PM	#5
atheist_in_foxhole Guest Posts: n/a	Divine intervention? Nonsense. The only reason why this guy survived is because of human intervention. If we had allowed "god" to handle things he would have fallen to his death on the concrete below.

01-29-2003, 06:51 PM	#9
Abacus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,214	Well, there we have it folks. Clear and unequivocal evidence of the divine. I mean, really. Getting thrown from your vehicle into energized power lines and surviving without hardly a scratch? What are the chances of something so unlikely occuring? Common sense dictates that any event with less than a one-in-a-thousand chance of occuring can only occur with the active intervention of a deity. In fact, if you look hard enough, miracles like this occur nearly everyday to at least one of the earth's 6,275,723,976 inhabitants. People win the lottery against 500 million-to-one odds or survive being struck by lightning or recover from a terminal illness. Don't you see? We are literally swimming in evidence for the divine. Only a heartless, close-minded fool would attribute these things to dumb, blind luck. Well, I no longer wish to be such a person. I have seen the error of my ways. I hereby renounce my atheism. I suggest that you do too. Praise Zeus.

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