[john voight]

amazing how ppl who do not believe in faith come up with the most bewildering arguments just to drag it through the dirt.

Guys, if you want to argue about the issue fine. But making these foolish arguments like "God gave him a set but bunch of ppl died from a tsunami" or "lunatic would pray in the middle of a hand" is dumb IMO. I will try to explain:

How God intervenes in life is a mystery to everyone. No one on earth (I think) can prove or disprove this. If you believe in god that is faith. If you don't, that is faith. The only question is how you interpret the religious entity.

Saying "God gave him a set but bunch of ppl died from a tsunami" maybe correct. Maybe he did. But neither of us know why. Or, maybe he didn't; maybe the 4 was coming no matter what. Questioning this though, as if it is wrong, or stupid only demonstrates our inability to understand it. If we are open to the fact that the presence of God may exist, it is very difficult to understand how it functions. So i would say asking "Why" would be smarter than saying "LOL thats stupid". (The latter is how your tone comes off as).

Secondly, "prayer btwn hands is dumb". I didn't see this, but I think it is not dumb. It, actually exhibits the power of this mans character. He put everything aside; the magnitude of the extraordinary circumstances almost vanishes. He channels all his energy toward an entity that hat values most greatly. This takes a lot of courage IMO for the commoner. But for him I guess, he has a different perception of life, and maybe different standards. To him, faith is very important, and he does not sacrifice it at the expense of whatever the circumstances were.

It is difficult for me to explain. Faith is a very abstract concept, that is felt in many different ways. Many ppl just don't think in a way that accommodates faith. I'm not saying thats bad or wrong, I'm just saying, maybe due to your value system, and your foundation of knowledge/beliefs, you have trouble having any "faith" in relation to unprovable things. This lack of understanding, or "connection" or curiosity is what fuels the confusion many ppl experience in relation to faith, or observations of it.

So, while I am not trying to pick a fight, (maybe just trying to show why I the guy who won the WSOP maybe isn't bat sheet crazy?), I am trying to stimulate understanding. Not acceptance, just maybe an interest to "see" why and how ppl/things are. A perception is only that; it is never a truth, or a rigid thing. And IMO everything in existence consists and relates to our perception.

Hallelujah my Brothers!!