Tag: winning
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Sleeping During an Attack
Today is the 25th anniversary of terrorists taking over commercial jet liners and flying them into American symbols of capitalism and war. Some people wept that day. Some people cheered. I was asleep. I vaguely remember being woken up with news of the attack and rolling back over to sleep. I simply didn’t believe it…
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Acknowledging God
I have gone back to church since Stephanie and I agreed to divorce. In several of the discussions there we’ve been talking about a pattern that is very strange to me. Many people experience more faith in God when times are good and begin to blame Him when things are bad. I am the opposite.…
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Winning
I have a long time acquaintance. She has kids with one of my buddies from high school. He is in a bad way right now so she and I sometimes chat on Meta Messenger. We were talking about my doubts that there is a loving God and my belief that people are generally bad unless…
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I Don’t Gamble
What would you do if you won the lottery? If someone else bought me a lottery ticket against my wishes and it was a winner I would make sure the taxes on it got paid and leave the rest to the buyer. Lotteries are a tax on the hope of the poor. People with little…
