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Tricky
3rd September 2007, 08:04 AM
Ho hum, same old story, right? Guy wins the lottery, thanks God. No, there's a slight twist. This one gives the credit to multiple gods (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/02/megamillions.jackpot.ap/index.html). That's right. He's Wiccan, and he made a deal with several different gods.

Bartlett, an accountant from Dundalk, said he made a bargain with the multiple gods associated with his Wiccan beliefs: "You let me win the lottery and I'll teach."

I wonder if the gods have to split his soul several ways.
LibraryLady
3rd September 2007, 08:13 AM
And what he's going to teach.

I've been watching this on the local news; he lives right here in Bawlmer. (That's Baltimore to those of you who don't speak Bawlmerese.) He appears to be quite sincere in his beliefs, and is celebrating his ability to retire and spread the news about Wicca.

Baltimore is a great city! :)
KoihimeNakamura
3rd September 2007, 05:31 PM
Which branch of Wicca does he pratice, or is he one of the ecletics?
EvilSmurf
3rd September 2007, 08:03 PM
It's about as logical as crediting it to Jeebus or The Secret
Sir Robin Goodfellow
4th September 2007, 08:20 PM
It's about as logical as crediting it to Jeebus or The Secret


It's certainly no more absurd than that.
EvilSmurf
5th September 2007, 03:51 AM
It's certainly no more absurd than that.

Exactly what I was saying. I was saying I didn't understand why this was a story, since people credit Jeebus with their lottery wins all the time, and if a Secretion ever won the lottery, they would credit The Secret.
phildonnia
5th September 2007, 09:30 AM
Heads up, it's only a matter of time before a psychic or clairvoyant chances to win the lottery, and then we don't get to use the "If you're so smart, why ain't you rich" argument anymore.

An interesting angle: when several people win the lottery, they have to share the prize. So if you pray to win the lottery, you are essentially praying that the other winners will be deprived of some of their share, so that you can take some. Its like supernatural wealth redistribution.

Why not pray for everyone not to play the lottery, a scenario in which the average schmuck would walk away slightly richer?
Sir Robin Goodfellow
5th September 2007, 11:47 AM
I guess the other lottery players didn't pray hard enough. Or they prayed to the wrong deity.

"And what if we picked the wrong religion? Every week we're just making God madder and madder."