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Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad
I didn't claim anything. I simply posted the story and asked if it was a coincidence. It isn't surprising that you claimed that it was.
I also am just pointing out that I would bet those two people felt it WAS divine intervention on the scale of the Burning Bush that you say would be proof enough for you. As expected, you immediately catagorized it as coincidence. If there was truly a burning bush you probably would say it was some spontaneous ignition due to a solar flare.
Call it what you want, the two guys lost power, were going down with no where to land and did not know the immediate area. They prayed for a landing area and flew over the next mountain and were presented with one. Then when they touched down it was next to a sign that says Jesus is Lord.
Coincidence or intervention? I already know your answer.
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You are right, I did assume your position was that it was a sign of divine intervention, but you didn't claim it was.
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I think it depends on your point of view. I would bet the two occupants of that plane would call that event hard, concrete evidence of an intervention from God directly into this world. Folks who don't believe in God would call it a coincidence...
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And I'm not sure if I ever claimed that a burning bush would be proof enough for me that a God existed. I would certainly not assume it was "God", but I would be quick to conclude that it was simply a bush on fire in light of no other contradicting evidence. Now, if a voice was coming from the bush and there was no reasonable explanation, that would be
something! 
Assuming the story is just as was stated in the article, my conclusion is coincidence. If suddenly prayers started getting addressed much more frequently than what one would expect from pure chance occurrences, then that would be
something else.
So far, that's simply not happening. I would sincerely listen to a reasonable dissenting argument that doesn't state "God works in mysterious ways."
What do you think happened with the two guys in the plane? Coincidence or divine intervention?
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