[js1138]

So I'm going to ask you again -- the question you and AC have avoided answering -- when you refer to "miracles" do you imply that you have been singled out by God for survival? Do you attribute your survival to specific intervention by God?

And does the converse hold? Are children dying of horrible diseases being singled out for an early painful death?

[hosepipe]

[ when you refer to "miracles" do you imply that you have been singled out by God for survival? Do you attribute your survival to specific intervention by God? ]

I call miracles, miracles because I don't know what else to call them.. Maybe something else is involved.. Actually probably is.. Could be something is needed from me.. Like THIS CONVERSATION..

[ And does the converse hold? Are children dying of horrible diseases being singled out for an early painful death? ]

Your logic does not hold.. One does not result in the other.. Since no one actually DIES.. according to the Judeo christian God.. merely the flesh dies.. It could be everybody lives eternally... somewhere..

[AndrewC]

So I'm going to ask you again -- the question you and AC have avoided answering -- when you refer to "miracles" do you imply that you have been singled out by God for survival?

It is courteous to address someone you criticize. In any case, the fact that someone is a recipient of special action certainly denotes selection. That selection does not imply anything about selection for something else unless the selection criteria are connected in some fashion. Your quote, which I cited, answers that.

I take it that you have never thanked God for saving your bacon, ever.(I "seem to" remember that you are not an atheist or agnostic)