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|    Oxyaena to David Dalton    |
|    Re: coincidental blessings?    |
|    05 Nov 16 20:46:47    |
      c9d45563       XPost: alt.atheism, sci.skeptic, talk.philosophy.humanism       XPost: alt.agnosticism       From: oxyaena@invalid.invalid              On 10/6/2016 12:59 AM, David Dalton wrote:       > I have previously written about my two video lottery blessings but will       > repeat it again here. In the first case a musician friend of mine was playing       > a video lottery machine and I cast at the machine my memory of the lucky       > incident of Sarah McLachlan staring at me. He then won twice. In the second       > case another musician friend was playing a video lottery machine and I cast       > at the machine my memory of my blue rose vision and one second later he won a       > large prize (I think over $700).              Isn't usury a sin? Another case of a Christian disobeying its holy       fable, how sad. I have nothing but pity for this wretched creature, lost       in the land of religious make believe, brainwashed from a young age to       believe this bullshit (sniff).              >       > Tonight I was at Folk Night at The Ship Pub and as part of it they draw for       > door prizes during the open mic set between the two headline sets. The final       > prize was a pair of tickets to Fretboard Journey at the LSPU Hall on October       > 15. I was sitting at the bar with my friend Dianna, who is probably 20 years       > older than I am but who attends live music regularly. I told her about the       > prize and she said if she won she would take me and then I said if I won I       > would take her. Then a while before the draw I cast my memory of the starry       > night of Jan. 7, 1994 (when I was in a mild waning crescent high) at her       > ticket. Then she won the draw.       >       You are too superstitious.                     --       http://oxyaena.org/              also see: http://thrinaxodon.org/              "Each of these private teachers who work for pay ...       inculcates nothing else than these opinions of the       multitude which they opine when they are       assembled and calls this knowledge wisdom." - Socrates              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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