EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 My definition of luck is an uncontrollable event that falls in your favor. It happened by coincidence, not because some planets were aligned or I rubbed a lucky stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 i DEFINATELY don't believe in coincidence anymore. every "coincidence" i have experienced lately has, in retrospect, been a complete setup by God for something. it's all a setup. God is so wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lumberjack Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 ^ amen to that, brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 [quote name='mulls' date='Apr 1 2004, 12:38 AM'] i DEFINATELY don't believe in coincidence anymore. every "coincidence" i have experienced lately has, in retrospect, been a complete setup by God for something. it's all a setup. God is so wonderful. [/quote] mulls, I think we'd all agree that most big things that happen in our lives are not luck or coincidence, and that often things that we attribute to one of those two are actually of God. However, it's the small things that I'm asking about. Things like hitting an unbelievable shot when shooting hoops or a good/bad hand of cards or the people at McDonalds forgetting to put ketchup on your burger or misspelling a word. Are these all from God, or are they just good/bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 i was distinguishing between luck and coincidence. coincidence is out the window for me, but i wonder about the small 'luck' things just like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 [quote name='mulls' date='Apr 1 2004, 01:13 PM'] i was distinguishing between luck and coincidence. coincidence is out the window for me, but i wonder about the small 'luck' things just like you. [/quote] how are luck and coincidence different? If I flip a coin and get heads ten times in a row, I could call it luck or I could call it coincidence, couldn't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 good luck vs. bad luck.....getting heads ten times in a row isn't necessarily good or bad, is it? unless you're betting on it or something. coincidence is something that just "happens to happen." but in reality it was just a huge setup by God. like running into a person on the street and sharing something with them, something which has already been on their minds and they were really struggling with or thinking about recently. that's a setup. i've seen so many setups on campus this semester, it's ridiculous. God is moving bigtime. this is totally different than a miracle basketball shot going in, or getting heads a million times in a row. for me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 mulls, Those events may very well be of God. However, is me flipping heads ten times in a row coincidence? or is it God? Also, today I got an e-mail reflection. ItT is a mass e-mail that is sent to hundreds if not thousands of people. Now, the message is something that is very relevant to my life. However, am I to believe that God inspired the person to write that e-mail just for me, or is it more of a coincidence. Is it specifically for me, or is God simply using what is pretty much random circumstance to teach me a lesson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 maybe somebody just chose to send it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Coincidence is just a set-up by God? More and more I am beginning to agree with you. Lately, I've been noticing a lot more, and I realize just how big a role God takes on in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 [quote name='mulls' date='Apr 1 2004, 05:53 PM'] maybe somebody just chose to send it to you. [/quote] No, it was definitly a mass e-mail. I get them every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DojoGrant Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't really care for the messages inside fortune cookies. I just like to eat them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I don't believe in luck (knocks on wood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 There is no such thing as good luck or bad luck. Divine Providence, We have to learn to see the Hand of Our Heavenly Father in every single thing that happens in our life. God Bless Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 You eat the paper the fortune is printed on?! Joking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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