Ever feel like God owed you one?

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03-09-2009, 12:55 AM
no_brains_no_worries

Ever feel like God owed you one?

Thanks to conflicting schedules (I am working nights and she works 5am to 2pm), my girlfriend and I hardly get to see each other. Since she is an assistant nurse, her days off are rotational and pretty much random. Well, FINALLY fate smiled upon us and we got the same days off and planned a three day date-o-thon where we would catch movies, go to the park, and a whole lot of other things (the majority of her choices of course).

Welll....The day this was suppose to kick off I caught me a nasty little virus and was running a fever of 101 for three days, and hence, ruined our perfect chances of hanging out for the entire weekend. Goodbye movies, goodbye fun, and goodbye chances of getting lucky. Now I am back at work, healthy as a horse and hating God for his cruel sense of humor.

Do any of you feel that God owes you? For what reasons?
03-09-2009, 12:59 AM
sponge

this is not casual intercourse we do not end our threads in questions suggesting that we care about other forum members here
03-09-2009, 02:00 AM
gwahir

job probably felt like that sometimes
03-09-2009, 02:00 AM
gwahir

also i'm moving this to intercourse to accommodate speng
03-09-2009, 02:12 AM
sponge

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwahir

also i'm moving this to intercourse to accommodate speng

finally we get some good moderation up in this joint
03-09-2009, 02:37 AM
sycld

Sorry man... that sucks.

I don't believe God exists, so why would I think that "he" owed me anything?

Also, if you believe in a Christian-fried God, shouldn't your sites be set on eternal life and perfect unity with the reality that transcends anything we experience on Earth? I mean, it's understandable that one would get pissed off about things if they aren't a saint, but isn't best not to entertain notions about God "owing" anyone anything if one can help it?
03-09-2009, 03:16 AM
simonj

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycld

I don't believe God exists, so why would I think that "he" owed me anything?

This.

Except he owes me three fiddy.
03-09-2009, 03:30 AM
gwahir

he asked me fer tree fiddy

then i realised, dis aint no girl scout at all! it's da loch ness monsta!
03-09-2009, 03:48 AM
no_brains_no_worries

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwahir

also i'm moving this to intercourse to accommodate speng

My bad, force of habit in posting in flames.

But even if you guys don't believe in God, how about karma or some such? Or is everything just a semi-random product of decisions that may/may not be outside your control?
03-09-2009, 04:06 AM
gwahir

Quote:

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

Or is everything just a semi-random product of decisions that may/may not be outside your control?

yes
03-09-2009, 05:45 AM
no_brains_no_worries

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwahir

yes

I'm not sure whether I find the thought of an all seeing omnipotent being subtly controlling everything or complete randomness dictating my every happenstance more alarming.
03-09-2009, 07:51 AM
djwolford

Quote:

Originally Posted by simonj

This.

Except he owes me three fiddy.

I ain't givin' you no tree fiddy! Seriously though it's perfectly natural to feel that God has done something to you that he owes you one for. That's not how it works though.
03-09-2009, 07:55 AM
gwahir

Quote:

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

I'm not sure whether I find the thought of an all seeing omnipotent being subtly controlling everything or complete randomness dictating my every happenstance more alarming.

i am fine with this because neither is true
03-09-2009, 07:57 AM
gwahir

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycld

I don't believe God exists, so why would I think that "he" owed me anything?

I'm sure we've all felt some variation of this, except for those of us who are -- heh, forgive the phrasing -- "blessed". It's analogous to the the feeling a physicalist might have, that nobody could be that unlucky, that eventually the law of averages means something good will happen to you to even things out. I'm sure all of us in times of "bad luck" believe, or wish, anyway, that the universe balances out things like that.
03-09-2009, 08:42 AM
MrShrike

I'm not sure that it's "alarmingness" is a valid way to judge if something is true or not.
03-09-2009, 08:48 AM
Cryptic

I don't believe in god either, but sometimes I think there is some higher power out there and that he/she/it/they must hate me as well. A for instance:

I've been borrowing my buddy's parent's love seat since I moved in to my new apartment last August. Due to lack of cash, I wasn't able to get my own and it was no big deal for them, it was just the spare on their porch anyhow. Fast forward a few months and I get the job I have now, sell a few things, get my tax return and score some extra income. So I order a sofa. Nothing fancy at all, total bill $400, but it's new and it's mine.

At 1:30 the following morning I am awakened by back spasms that make me wish I'd never been born. I mean, they were BAD. I swallow a Vicodin which offers absolutely NO relief, proceed to spend the rest of the night alternating between lying on the heating pad, annoying the cat, and wishing for a merciful, quick death.

The following morning finds me no better. So I call in sick (there goes a day's pay), head to the doctor (my insurance from the aforementioned new job has yet to kick in), get seen, get meds, go on my way. Total cost of my back issues? $490. I had extra cash. I didn't have THAT much extra cash.

Can I cancel my sofa order? Sure...if I want to pay them a $175 restocking fee.
03-09-2009, 09:13 AM
gismo

God owes me for giving me a small penis, low self esteem, hideous appearance and a speech impediment. Fuck you god. You would have thought that he would have given me some mad skills to compensate, but did he fuck.
03-09-2009, 11:16 AM
MalReynolds

The other day, I was sitting with friends outside of an ice-cream shop and I felt something hit my head. I reached up, and it was brown, and I thought it was ice-cream my friend flicked on me. I tasted it.

It was bird shit.

God owes me.
03-09-2009, 01:51 PM
Think

God gave me delusions of grandeur, but he still owes me grandeur.
03-09-2009, 02:04 PM
Pepsi

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycld

Sorry man... that sucks.

I don't believe God exists, so why would I think that "he" owed me anything?

Also, if you believe in a Christian-fried God, shouldn't your sites be set on eternal life and perfect unity with the reality that transcends anything we experience on Earth? I mean, it's understandable that one would get pissed off about things if they aren't a saint, but isn't best not to entertain notions about God "owing" anyone anything if one can help it?

I see a couple of things wrong here.