That phrase really grinds my gears I'm guessing you mean "As a theist I judge that God manipulating these events to bless me is more probable than simple coincidence"
Sure, you can interpret it that way. I'm sorry that you find that offensive. Not that it will matter to you, but of the people in my clearly-delusional circle, I am basically the least likely to attribute events to divine intervention. I often hear people declare that since something that they prayed for occurred, it was ipso facto God's handiwork. It takes something pretty phenomenal in nature to get me to that point. The events as I described them in my earlier post qualified for me. I don't expect you to agree, or even understand my perspective, but that will have no bearing on my conclusions in the matter.
Not offended, just attempting some (Family Guy reference) humor, sorry. Nah, I wasn't suggesting what you stated was a delusion. In fact I was giving you the benefit of the doubt and trying to imply the opposite. I don't think genuine belief is ever a matter of much choice, and it seems to me you are making a judgment based on evidence rather than willfully "choosing" to believe something. My point was the phrase was probably inaccurate
Sometimes the most recently visited brain cell or memory box attaches to familiar landmarks. That's just the hiway of the brain. I think it's less random than practiced repitition. As to water, try reading Lao Tse's taoist writings about being like water. Whenever I try to dissect coincidence or familiar encounters, it's just me going to that memory box because I know how to get there. We humanoids tend to personalize things that are less individual and more collective in nature. If they are things we write about or talk about they seem to thrive because we are focused on them. Ignore them and they go away.
