I can't believe the lack of faith displayed in you guys' posts. Especially spaceistheplace who I thought had sometype of belief in God.
I strongly suspect the guy who was shot in the armed robbery is a sincere believer in God and God intervened in his behalf. I also suspect God intends to bless him in his ministry to at risk youth. God will probably attract the right Christian people to him, as a result of the publicity, who'll help him establish the youth program he wants.
I don't know about you guys, but the victim of the armed robbery appeared to me to be a real sincere Christian type.
Well, Elijah, of course he prayed to god, he said so... why is that under question?
Some people would question whether it was the truth under the circumstances - especially atheists. I myself believe he prayed and was answered.
the gun jammed because the robber didn't clean it properly
Yeah, but it wasn't jammed when the guy loaded it and jacked a round into the chamber. It only became jammed after the first round was fired.
if i got a gun pointed at my head , i'd pray to god in that situation too, i mean praying even if it doesn't do anything, can serve to calm my mind etc, could be conditioned response
You would pray to God even though you don't believe He exists? What a waste of time. If I didn't believe God existed, I would instead focus my mind on someother solution to the problem that might have a chance of working. I would also counter condition my mind so praying would never come up in a serious life-threatening situation where time and quick action is of the utmost importance.
If 80% of people pray in harrowing situations, and some of those make it out, then in retrospect they will think it was because of God's intervention. Why could it not just be the simple odds of making it out of such a situation?
I think the odds are pretty slim of it happening in the case of man who is a very sincere Christian and works with at risk youth like the armed robber and hopes to establish his own youth program. What will you say when the guy gets his own youth program?