How lucky would you have to get to convince you to believe in God?

[JoshuaD]

I had Sklanksy in mind when this question occured to me, but I'd like to hear answers from everyone.

Let's say a priest walks up to you and says "God has decided to reveal himself to you, He has decided to make you get very lucky in the next week."

He also makes it clear to you that this isn't exploitable -- you can't go out and buy a lottery ticket and expect it to pay off.

What sort of improbable event(s) would have to occur for you to be convinced?

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<ul type="square">[*]Going on a 100BB run?[*]Going on a 200BB run?[*]300BB?[*]500BB?[*]1,000BB?[*]Hitting a royal flush convince you?[*]Hitting 2?[*]3?[*]Angelina Jolie and you happen to run into each other, and she falls madly in love?[*]Winning the Lottery?[/list]
Or more generally, how improbable an event would it take to convince you?

This question is pointed at atheists and agnostics, but anyone who believes in some God can consider this a prophecy from a priest of a different God.

[sexdrugsmoney]

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<ul type="square">[*]Angelina Jolie and you happen to run into each other, and she falls madly in love?[*]Winning the Lottery?[/list]

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If this happened I would strongly take a look at that religion the priest is a part of.

[JoshuaD]

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But what if I normally play the lottery every week anyway?

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"God works in mysterious ways."

In other words, it might hit, it might not. God's going to show you something highly improbable to try convince you to believe in him. You have no idea what form it will come in.

[BluffTHIS!]

I believe that David has said that only witnessing a supernatural miracle that defied the physical laws of our universe would make him believe, not just some longshot happening in everyday life, of which there is a small but certain probability of happening at some time anyway. The same would go for what we would call a coincidence like meeting some celebrity.

[JoshuaD]

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I believe that David has said that only witnessing a supernatural miracle that defied the physical laws of our universe would make him believe, not just some longshot happening in everyday life, of which there is a small but certain probability of happening at some time anyway. The same would go for what we would call a coincidence like meeting some celebrity.

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Yea, the kicker is that someone told you it's going to happen within the next week.

If I won the lottery tommorow, it wouldn't change my belief in God.

If a priest walked up to me and told me I was going to get incredibly lucky, and the next day I won the lottery, I'd be up against some hard thinking.

[chezlaw]

Depends on how many people get the same prophecy.

Chez

[sexdrugsmoney]

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God's going to show you something highly improbable to try convince you to believe in him. You have no idea what form it will come in.

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Preferably famous, female, and fuckable.

But I'll take a few million instead, I'm easy. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[BluffTHIS!]

Astrologers by virtue of throwing out so many predictions inevitably get some right but that doesn't convince rational thinkers. The only thing that might qualify for David is only one prophecy being given that has to be fulfilled at a certain time and place, and still would have to be something extremely unlikely to boot.

[sexdrugsmoney]

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The only thing that might qualify for David is only one prophecy being given that has to be fulfilled at a certain time and place, and still would have to be something extremely unlikely to boot.

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What prophecy do you speak of o' Catholic one? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[JoshuaD]

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Depends on how many people get the same prophecy.

Chez

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Nice catch. It's clear that you're the only person the priest told this to.