November 5, 2002
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Have you ever been in predicament where you've "bargained" with God to help you get through it?

Only when I got really drunk and "I swear, I'll never drink again if this will just stop! Please, God, I
can't... blahhhhhh" You get the idea.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS USA

No. I've been in predicaments, but I know God won't hit me with anything I can't handle because He's fair. He sees everything and I don't - I figure He had a reason for putting me in the predicament. If nothing else, maybe it's a test to see if I've got the right stuff to get into Heaven.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

I don't remember. Possibly when I was much, much younger. I've never been very religious, though, so I doubt it.

Aly, 17
Cardiff UK

I'm athiest, so no.

Talia, 25
Redding, CT USA

Yes.

Ashley, 20
Jacksonville, FL USA

Yes. And once God grants your request - keeping up your end of the bargain is the hard part.

Janet, 45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

More than once as a matter of fact. I'm sure he laughs at me, too.

Laura, 37
Lowell, MA USA

I'm not quite sure what you mean but I think you are referring to when things are going bad for you and you pray to God and tell him that if He'll only get you out of the mess you're in, you'll ---------. Sure I've done this. I think most people have.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

I don't think so.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA

No, I would never bargain with God.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA

When I feel like I really need support, I pray to him and ask him to help me through. I usually never pray so I say that if he grants my wish, I'll pray to him every night. I never do, I'm sorry God.

Merve, 14
Turkey

It seems a bit pointless to me and a tad hypocritical.

Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA USA

LOL! I've been in a few! One was when my friend and I were out sailing off the coast of Maine. It was the Fourth of July, and we decided to sail over to Old Orchard Beach to watch the fireworks. The sky got dark and a sudden squall surrounded us. Waves were breaking at about 8 feet. We
got the sails down and were motoring back to the mooring when the running lights quit working. We couldn't see where we were going! Maine is notorious for its rocky coastline, and without the running lights I was sure we'd run into some outcropping or something. Then it started to lightening! At that point, I started praying. I bargained with God, pleading that if he would get
us safely to shore I would go to church every single Sunday...I would stop swearing (not that I did much of it in the first place - I was grasping at ANY sin to bargain with). Anyhow, to make a long story short, we made it safely to shore. God was looking out for me that night, and probably
would have gotten us out of that even if I didn't "bargain" with him.

Tam

No. I refuse to deal with someone so sadistic they won't help you unless you beg loud enough.

Alias Irrelevante

When I was much younger.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

I do not bargain with the infinite.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

Yes. And I have discovered that it's best not to bargain when you can never hold the trump card.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

No, I've pled, but not bargained.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

As a kid, yes.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

Yes. At times when I was younger and things were happening at home. I bargained with him to make it all go away and make people stop what they were doing.

Em, 16
Harrisburg, PA USA

Maybe when I was very young. I really don't think it would do any good to try to bargain with God. Praying and asking might work, but I doubt that He bargains. And sometimes he says "No."

Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA

Yes, but I think God laughs at you when you try to bargain with him.

KarenNJ
Milltown, NJ USA



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