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Whenever something extra ordinarily good happens for you, do you pretend that God must have done it for you?

But if you don't believe in God then you don't have to thank him.

Posted - August 21, 2018

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  • 13071
    No, I thank Karma.
      August 21, 2018 1:12 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Karma comes naturally as a result of you being a good person;  you earned   the benefits so you shouldn't really need to be thankful.  Karma may not even want to be thanked but just likes you to keep up the good works.
      August 21, 2018 1:25 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    No....
    I believe only in Feet....em ! No ,hold on I think i might mean Fate... :( 
      August 21, 2018 3:06 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    No, if you don’t believe in (any) God, then it goes along that there is no ”Him” to thank. 

    If it’s luck we’re talking about, then I assert that luck is a residue of effort, timing, and preparation, not a function of divine intervention.
    Accordingly, there is no more cause to thank a god for my good fortune than to blame that god for my father-in-law slowly dying of cancer. Equally pointless efforts. This post was edited by Don Barzini at August 22, 2018 4:08 AM MDT
      August 21, 2018 4:44 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    I thank God for everything every day good or bad!  Whether or not God had a hand in it - who knows?  But I am just grateful to God for everything. 
      August 21, 2018 5:07 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    thank you
      August 21, 2018 7:02 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Oh you are welcome. 
      August 21, 2018 7:06 AM MDT
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  • There's no pretense to it or about it. All good things, wholesome and beneficial, come from the Throne of Grace. I've been the recipient of His mercy and grace for much too long to deny it. I've benefited from His miraculous healing power and gained comfort and peace through His providential hand. Hope and life reside in His word and His word endures forever.
      August 21, 2018 5:08 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    Thank You
    I think...haha This post was edited by Baba at August 22, 2018 4:08 AM MDT
      August 21, 2018 7:03 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    No pretense here
    and no denying the breath of life
    within Absolute Love.
      August 21, 2018 7:07 AM MDT
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  • 44590
    I can't remember the last time something extraordinarily good happened to me.
      August 21, 2018 7:43 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    It was the first of April 2009 ...the day I found and joined AnswerBag.....:)D 

    You guys have such bad memories when it suits I think...:( 
      August 21, 2018 8:02 AM MDT
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  • 44590
    That was long ago in a bag, far, far away.
      August 21, 2018 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Well,it's well out of the bag now....:)
      August 21, 2018 11:57 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    You rang? ;D
      August 21, 2018 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    Nope.
    It's either a result of my efforts, or random coincidence.
      August 21, 2018 8:11 AM MDT
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  • Your question is pretentious and inciting. 
      August 21, 2018 12:14 PM MDT
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  • 44590
    Make extra and ordinarily one word before Randy sees it.
      August 21, 2018 12:21 PM MDT
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  • I like fishing, too.  :-)
      August 21, 2018 12:55 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    In answer to your question, if you don't believe in god you don't have to thank him... true!
      August 21, 2018 2:20 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    I am very grateful and thankful every day for all the wonderful things I have.  I thank "The Universe" a lot and I do believe in God.  I thank him too.
      August 22, 2018 4:11 AM MDT
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  • I don't find myself pretentious.
      August 22, 2018 12:10 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    yes
      September 9, 2018 4:26 PM MDT
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