Moniker wrote:Bond...James Bond wrote:Moniker wrote:Bond, strip everything about LDS out of the scenario. Try going with a Pink book and a Blue book. Try that. :) It has nothing to do with the Book of Mormon being holy -- I think? Pretty sure about that. Has to do with which saved the man. Put in anything else of a protective nature and strip out the drama and see which saved the man.
Well if it wouldn't matter whether it was a pink or blue book...I'd just be lucky to have been saved by the book. I'm sure most people would feel the same. The question only gets deeper when God is tossed into the issue via scriptures as a live saver.
Is God important to determining which book saved the man?
Okay, answer this bond, You're in a tank and a bullet is shot at you by a sniper. The tank protects you. The second time the sniper shoots the bullet hits a piece of wood on the outside of the tank and deflects the bullet. So, which saved you, the tank or the wood? No God or LDS in that scenario.
Sticking to the point, thaaat's right: for me, in the case of the flimsey piece of wood, it's hard to say ones life was ever in danger. I mean, does gravity and the curvature of the earth "save your life" every time a duck hunter in south carolina fires a 10 guage with three inch mags when you're living in California? There's going to be some semantics involved then. But, for examples not so extreme, I think isolating the element of overdetermination is key.
I think REnegade brought up an example of parachutes. The only problem I have with that is the 2nd tier safety mechanism isn't in the snapshot of time guranteed to contribute. It could fail too. Then again, the tank could just melt away at an in opportune moment.