It's the devil!

[pasithea]

A friend mentioned an article about a convicted sex offender winning a 57 Million Dollar lottery jackpot.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/19/ap5133840.html

I thought I'd mention this because usually when you hear about large jackpot winners, they're invariably quoted as thanking god and it's a miracle and blah blah blah. So. Here's a fine example, that it's just random chance.

I know, there will be people tempted to say that it's the power of the devil... Namely, the same people who would praise Jesus if THEY won the lottery.

That's how the world works. It's 'Gods will' when something good happens to you. It's 'the work of the devil' when it happens to someone you don't like.

Comments

[tracerj.livejournal.com]

It's 'Gods will' when something good happens to you. It's 'the work of the devil' when it happens to someone you don't like.

Damn that Random Number God, givin' natural twenties to the monsters! Okay, come on baby, come up twenty, Erngriss the Paladin needs a new set o' plate... *rolls a 6* Damn you, RNG!

[zeeth_kyrah]

Yeah, I've seen discussion on that: "Do sex offenders deserve to win the lottery?" That's like asking if sinners deserve grace. According to many theologians, no one does. But every now and then, someone wins the lottery, and it doesn't really matter who they are or what they've done. Heck, I don't deserve to win the lottery, but I wouldn't mind if it does happen!

That's the more godly-acceptable answer, anyway.