When God deposits money in your bank account

[Thomas Veil]

Ya gotta love this one. This is from a financial help column in my local paper:

Q: I transferred $80,000 from an account at one bank to my checking account at Ohio Savings. The teller posted it to someone else's account. When I found the error, Ohio Savings said the woman had spent $5,000, but it quickly credited us with the full $80,000 plus interest. The next day, my wife received a call from the woman, who said she was entitled to the money. When my wife asked how she got our name, she said Ohio Savings had showed her our original check. She memorized our information and looked up our number.

The woman called again the next day, insisting the $80,000 was hers because she had prayed for a large sum of money and God had responded. We've called the police because we were a little spooked. I'm furious about Ohio Savings' breach of security. What can I do?

D.H., Geneva on the Lake
I don't know whether to be upset with that woman's pure nerve, or get down on my knees and ask Jesus for some cash for myself. (Apparently you gotta spend it faster than she did, though.) ;)

[Gymnut]

Maybe pray that she ends up as a Citi Bank identity theft victim commercial. ;) Those commercials always crack me up. I think the best one to date is that one of that lady sitting in a styling salon with her feet in a soaking tub. "...and $20,000 for my robot, my GIRL robot..."

[sparkleytone]

she's a lunatic. its not her money. they don't have to do a damn thing. leave it to the bank and the police.

[Awimoway]

Tell her to take it up with God.

[rainman::|:|]

hahaha

crazy bitch...

i have little doubt she'll persue it. probably claim that god wanted her to have the money more than them, so we should respect god's wishes. unbelievable.

paul

[Mantat]

My friend recieved 620$ in his bank account for ne reason.

He never told the bank and never heard about it. At that time, he was a poor student and that money helped him fix his car 2 weeks later, so I guess fate as a way to correct itself overtime!

[Hemingray]

Craziness... it's amazing what some people will do for money. If this lady is as religious as she claims, she ain't readin' her Bible enough... :rolleyes:

[mactastic]

There was a lady in the news recently who had made several trips to a car dealership claiming Jesus told her she was to recieve a free car.
A Mount Vernon woman who repeatedly has been arrested for trespassing at a Woodbridge car dealership will be evaluated for mental competency after maintaining in court Tuesday that God is ordering her to go to the lot.

The case against Marilyn Cole, 40, of 4420 Scarborough Square, appeared to baffle Prince William County General District Court Judge Wenda K. Travers for a time Tuesday morning following calm, often rational testimony from Cole that God told her to get a free vehicle from Malloy Lincoln Mercury & Mitsubishi.

Cole testified she knew she had been ordered to stay away from the dealership, at 14655 Jefferson Davis Highway, after being convicted of trespassing there in May and September 2003. But she kept returning because God - through the Bible - had told her to do so, and God's authority, she said, is higher than man's laws.

``To take a stand that I feel that God is telling me to take, I have to accept whatever comes from that,'' Cole said, referring to a likely jail sentence.

``Never was I rude. I've never cussed anybody,'' she testified. ``I did raise my voice once calling on Jesus' name.''

Cole said she asked Malloy for the free vehicle because ``that's where I was sent ... I just go every time I'm ordered'' through scripture readings.

Two Malloy employees testified Cole came to the business twice on Dec. 19, 2003, once on both Jan. 5 and Jan. 17, each time requesting a free vehicle from the dealership and refusing to leave.

The employees and one arresting Prince William police officer all said they felt Cole was sincere in her belief that God was ordering her to the business and that she was polite, did not resist arrest and never appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Cole's defense attorney, William ``Jim'' Baker, said while his client's claim was strange, she did not appear to be incompetent to stand trial and Judge Travers agreed.

``I'm not familiar with any scripture ... that God has ever commanded someone to give up something they didn't want to give up,'' Travers said.``I don't know, maybe I'm wrong,'' she told Cole. ``It doesn't seem like the kind of request God would make.''

Travers said that although she found Cole mentally competent and guilty of three counts of trespassing, she would order a mental health evaluation before sentencing her March 8.

``They're gonna tell me there's no mental illness here,'' Travers said, agreeing with Baker that the issue seemed to be one of religious interpretation rather than a mental disorder.


Someone ought to tell the story of Abraham to Judge Travers though...

[mvc]

The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away… :p

[rainman::|:|]

well it seems God wants everyone to have bling now. Seems more practical to me to, say, make a Maybach drop from the sky, or cash to erupt in your yard. Would clear up the issue of prior ownership, anyway.

Tho, if I had $80,000 from nowhere, and then had to give it up again, I'd probably make up some desparate **** too. But the car thing... i really *hope* she's crazy...

paul

[Mr. Anderson]

I wonder if this stuff only happens in the US....the media is a little biased, but I'd love to know if anyone else from other counties in Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia (Buddha told me the money was mine to take....) has heard similar 'voices'....

D

[themadchemist]

I wonder if this stuff only happens in the US....the media is a little biased, but I'd love to know if anyone else from other counties in Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia (Buddha told me the money was mine to take....) has heard similar 'voices'....

D

I doubt Buddha would be telling anyone anything about money. He surely didn't seem like a big fan.

As far as that other case, the one in Mount Vernon w/the car. Am I the only one who finds it just a little bit troubling that the judge would even entertain this religious argument to the degree of rejecting it on the basis of some sort of religious logic. There shouldn't be any argument about whether God would or would not do this or that or whether the scriptures say anything about anything. None of it is admissable in court and none of it should be considered. It's bad procedure to rationalize one's decision based on an argument of scripture. That scripture does not hold weight in our court system. Even if the scripture told you to do something that was morally wrong, I don't think that's convincing enough for the courts to allow the person to do it.

On the other hand, I agree with the Judge in the sense that 2000+ year old documents tend not to talk about car dealerships.

[rainman::|:|]

well you'll recall that the Christian God wasn't too fond of money in general, that whole eye-of-the-needle thing, but if Christians were in dire need of money, he did condone prostitution (Isaiah 23:17-18)... So really, she should have been putting on the red light, not claiming bank funds... tsk.

paul

[Mal]

Sorry, Paul, but that's not even close to what the Bible is saying in that verse. Tyre and Sidon were meccas of sin and perversion, but God was saying that even the profit that Tyre earned from prostitution would go to His people, as a sign that Tyre would be destroyed and it's evil ended.

As far as God giving out money, well, it's never happened like that and no one in their right mind should be claiming that God "told them that they would recieve a free car" or anything like that. Dunno if it'll show up on the mental exams though, it's a different type of crazy like those suicide cults and the like.

JW

[G4scott]

As far as the $80,000, the people who it belongs to have no problem now. Their bank credited them the full amount, and it's up to them to deal with the crazy woman...

[Thomas Veil]

Thing is, I'm sure they're still ticked off with the bank for revealing their name and phone number to the crazy woman. That's not supposed to happen. If this woman keeps harrassing the couple, they could have a serious case to sue the bank and the woman for violating their privacy.

[Apple //e]

god, please protect me from your followers

[mactastic]

So how are we ever going to know if someone is telling the truth when God talks to them? I mean we, or at least those of us who are believers, have to assume God does talk to people, and sometimes commands them to do things. Sometimes those things may be unpleasant or illegal. How would it look today if the cops walked in on someone who had been ordered to sacrifice their kid? Yet that is a major story of a test of faith in the Bible. What would you think of your neighbor if he/she started building a large boat in thier yard and told you it was for two of every creature on the planet? I know the Lord swore not to do that again, but pretend for a minute. We look at all the people we consider crazy who talk about having conversations with God, but would we ever actually believe someone? Would we kill someone who told us he was our Lord if he showed up on earth here?

I had a couple conversations with a guy who used to hang out in downtown Santa Cruz years ago, he carried around a telephone that he said had a direct link to God. Most of me says he's crazy but I always wonder, what if he did? He never let me make a call on his phone so I could find out though...

[Sun Baked]

I had a couple conversations with a guy who used to hang out in downtown Santa Cruz years ago, he carried around a telephone that he said had a direct link to God. Most of me says he's crazy but I always wonder, what if he did? He never let me make a call on his phone so I could find out though...
Could have been those aliens that visit Earth every decade or so and take their faithful followers (only those that donate all their worldly possessions to the leaders) to a better world.

[mactastic]

Could have been those aliens that visit Earth every decade or so and take their faithful followers (only those that donate all their worldly possessions to the leaders) to a better world.

We love the leader...

The leader is good
The leader is great
We surrender our will
As of this date.
;)

[Chip NoVaMac]

What would you think of your neighbor if he/she started building a large boat in thier yard and told you it was for two of every creature on the planet?

"What's a cubit?" Bill Cosby as Noah

[wdlove]

The bank made a terrible mistake, but they compounded the mistake by giving out personal information of Geneva on the lake. There are always people that use religion in the wrong way. It should not be an indictment of religion in general.

[rueyeet]

So how are we ever going to know if someone is telling the truth when God talks to them?

Well, I don't know how you'd tell, but I can tell you this: if God tells somebody that they're entitled to anything of mine, He'd better tell me about it first. God I'd believe, but people, I don't.

Imagine all the trouble that could have been saved if God had just taken a spare moment to mention that lady's free car to the dealership, much time and travail for the lady, the dealership, the police, and the courts could have all been avoided. :D

[fonch]

well you'll recall that the Christian God wasn't too fond of money in general, that whole eye-of-the-needle thing, but if Christians were in dire need of money, he did condone prostitution (Isaiah 23:17-18)... So really, she should have been putting on the red light, not claiming bank funds... tsk.

paul

Just to let you know, in those verses God is sending a curse on an enemy of Israel, that she will return to the prostitute she is. God's not for prostitution, and I don't for one second buy that he's for free cars and money from heaven, either.

[AngryLawnGnome]

I bet she didn't get that money from God, but from some sort of accident.

[zamyatin]

During the presidential election campaign of 2000, Time Magazine ran an article or interview with George W. Bush in which Bush said that God told him to run for president. I believe he claimed to have been in his house praying when this event occurred.

(I wonder if God guaranteed he would win, regardless of the preferences expressed by American voters? It seems he must have, given what happened.)

How frightening it is to have a hallucinatory person in charge of the country! He 'heard voices' telling him what to do...

David Berkowitz also heard voices, remember him? (aka "Son of Sam")

[Awimoway]

During the presidential election campaign of 2000, Time Magazine ran an article or interview with George W. Bush in which Bush said that God told him to run for president. I believe he claimed to have been in his house praying when this event occurred.

(I wonder if God guaranteed he would win, regardless of the preferences expressed by American voters? It seems he must have, given what happened.)

How frightening it is to have a hallucinatory person in charge of the country! He 'heard voices' telling him what to do...

David Berkowitz also heard voices, remember him? (aka "Son of Sam")

When asked if God told him to run for presidential office in 2000, Senator Orrin Hatch responded with surprise: "What? Hell no!" :D

[wdlove]

During the presidential election campaign of 2000, Time Magazine ran an article or interview with George W. Bush in which Bush said that God told him to run for president. I believe he claimed to have been in his house praying when this event occurred.

(I wonder if God guaranteed he would win, regardless of the preferences expressed by American voters? It seems he must have, given what happened.)

How frightening it is to have a hallucinatory person in charge of the country! He 'heard voices' telling him what to do...

It is not as simple as saying that you hear voices. Those that beleive have a strong faith. It gives you inner peace. Prayer is answered in many ways.

[Sun Baked]

Only thing worse than God depositing money into your account, are the days God decides to spend all the money in your account without telling you first.

Really sucks when God decides to eat your PF Changs take-out and drink all the beer in the fridge.

[Counterfit]

David Berkowitz also heard voices, remember him? (aka "Son of Sam") So did Joan of Arc, and I'm sure Mother Teresa did too, so what's your point?

[Apple //e]

So did Joan of Arc, and I'm sure Mother Teresa did too, so what's your point?

i think people who hear voices in their heads are nuts

[G5orbust]

She prayed for a large sum of money and I pray every night for God to eradicate people who pray for stupid things.
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But in all seriousness, she cant honestly have thought that to be true, could she? If so, then may someone help her, because obviously God has failed her.

[giles117]

i think people who hear voices in their heads are nuts

Ever do some thinking????


That is a voice in your head. oops sorry for the sarcasm but that is reality.

Ever ask yourself a Question and come up with an answer????

Ooops!! That is a voice. And the list goes on and on and on.... :)

[crenz]

...and I don't for one second buy that he's for free cars and money from heaven, either.

Yes. Especially since we won't be using that money to help those without anything to eat anyway.

[Apple //e]

Ever do some thinking????


That is a voice in your head. oops sorry for the sarcasm but that is reality.

Ever ask yourself a Question and come up with an answer????

Ooops!! That is a voice. And the list goes on and on and on.... :)

oh please elaborate on your long list of voices you hear. id like to read all about it.

[ejb190]

This is proof that God has a sense of humor!

be careful what you pray for - you might just get it!

[MrMacMan]

This is proof that God has a sense of humor!

be careful what you pray for - you might just get it!

Come on A million American US Dollars in 20 Dollar Bills...

I want to see that be spun in Gods favor... haha.

Sun Baked -- Yeah don't you hate when that happens?

Awww, whats this?

'Sorry I ate the last of the food
--God'


Come on!

;)

[mactastic]

Sun Baked -- Yeah don't you hate when that happens?

Awww, whats this?

'Sorry I ate the last of the food
--God'




I suspect his buddies made that up after having a late-night case of the munchies and raiding his 'fridge.

"Dude, God stopped by last night and ate all your grub. What was I gonna do, tell the Almighty no?"
;)

[Hemingray]

(I wonder if God guaranteed he would win, regardless of the preferences expressed by American voters? It seems he must have, given what happened.)

You know what? I'm so tired of hearing Bush-bashing in threads that have absolutely NOTHING to do with the President. You obviously don't think he should have been President, and that's fine; but there's a forum specifically for political opinions; use that forum if you want to trash talk, not here.

[Chip NoVaMac]

You know what? I'm so tired of hearing Bush-bashing in threads that have absolutely NOTHING to do with the President. You obviously don't think he should have been President, and that's fine; but there's a forum specifically for political opinions; use that forum if you want to trash talk, not here.

I am sorry that you look at it a Bush bashing, I don't see it as that. This thread has been light hearted over the discussion of people being told by God to do things. If Bush did hear through prayer that God said that he should run, then it fits this thread - even if there is a light hearted jab at that election. Much like the Clinton bashing that took and takes place when the topic fits. One can either shake their heads at the lack of understanding, or react in disgust.

But since you have opened Pandora's Box. Let's hope that the Bush faithful remember that with the current debate ripping the nation apart, that the majority doesn't always when. It is the Constitution that wins.

[Backtothemac]

Depending on how long the money was in her account, she could have a legit claim to it. Federal law says that if a bank makes an error and it goes un noticed for 24 hours, then the person who's favor it is in, actually can keep the money.

I saw this on 60 minutes years ago about a guy who deposited one of the fake checks that come from Publishers clearing house, and the bank deposited it.

24 hours later, it was his but, he gave it back to the bank.

[Hemingray]

I am sorry that you look at it a Bush bashing, I don't see it as that. This thread has been light hearted over the discussion of people being told by God to do things. If Bush did hear through prayer that God said that he should run, then it fits this thread - even if there is a light hearted jab at that election.

Please note the portion of his post that I quoted and commented on. His post started off completely relevant to the topic, but the rest of the post was simply uncalled for.

[Chip NoVaMac]

Please note the portion of his post that I quoted and commented on. His post started off completely relevant to the topic, but the rest of the post was simply uncalled for.

I looked at his full post, and you may have been better to have also quoted from that same post his comments "How frightening it is to have a hallucinatory person in charge of the country! He 'heard voices' telling him what to do...". But yet that is also keeping in with comments questioning those that hear from God. So still on topic.

As far as i am aware of we still can comment on the politicians that run our government. And we can still question the legitimacy of all branches of our governments actions. (Not trying to take this thread elsewhere here)

[wwworry]

now you are in the politcal forum morass and sub-thread backwater. Cheers!


Anyway, I always thought asking God for things to be a bit presumptuous. I am sure God has better things to do than listen to a bunch of children whining for quarters. But then who am I to know?

[IJ Reilly]

And it came to pass that God visited the earth, and He did behold a
series of billboard ads attributing to Him utterances of such banality
that they would never pass His lips in a billion years. And it came to
pass that God in His wrath considered a libel suit, but in the end
opted simply to mount a cantankerous, self-contradictory ad campaign of
His own. . . .

I never said, "Thou shalt not think."
—God

Okay, you've got multiplying down. Now let's try replenishing for a
while.
—God

I don't care who started it. Just stop it.
—God

If you seek to know my ways, read a damn science book.
—God

You'd better have stopped fighting by the time I get back, or you're
all grounded.
—God

Six days? Yeah, right. I'm a scientist, not a magician.
—God

If I wanted you to have seven kids, I would have given you a bigger
planet.
—God

You're not tracking those bloody footprints in here.
—God

E=mc?. Yeah, that's one of mine.
—God

You can have another kid when you learn to take care of the first one.
—God

The dinosaurs didn't believe in you either.
—God

Excuse me? Where do you see my name on the front of the Bible?
—God

Only six thousand years old? Oh, that's a good one.
—God

Just look at this planet! Do you expect me to clean this up?
—God

I love Marilyn Manson, too. Maybe more than I love you.
—God

Here's a clue—if they say they're doing it in my name, they're lying.
—God

I'm flattered you liked my book so much. Now why don't you read
something new?
—God

I'm concerned about children's education. I favor lower child-to-parent
ratios.
—God

I gave you a bigger brain for a reason. Start using it.
—God

Want to know how old the earth is? Ask the earth, not the Bible.
—God

If you don't clean this place up, you won't get another millennium.
—God

I don't blame video games when my children start shooting each other.
—God

I like to kick things off with a bang. A Big Bang.
—God

If you didn't hear it straight from my lips, take it with a grain of
salt.
—God

All this will someday be your children's.
—God

There is no such thing as killing in my name.
—God

Stop smirking, America. I'm talking to you, too.
—God


(source unknown)

[zimv20]

i think people who hear voices in their heads are nuts

Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing. -Margaret Chittenden, writer

[Neserk]

god, please protect me from your followers


*giggle*

[Neserk]

You know what? I'm so tired of hearing Bush-bashing in threads that have absolutely NOTHING to do with the President. You obviously don't think he should have been President, and that's fine; but there's a forum specifically for political opinions; use that forum if you want to trash talk, not here.


This would be that forum!

Bush is getting what has been coming to him for the past 3 years. He silenced everyone last year by going into war with a pack of lies! Now he gets what people wouldn't give him then!

[Neserk]

(source unknown)


That was Perfect! I copied and pasted it!

[Chip NoVaMac]

now you are in the politcal forum morass and sub-thread backwater. Cheers!


Anyway, I always thought asking God for things to be a bit presumptuous. I am sure God has better things to do than listen to a bunch of children whining for quarters. But then who am I to know?

I wasn't trying to take it down that path. I think we see what the poster he was responding to was trying for. That voices and can be answered in ways that defy explanation.

[IIvan]

Damn- If I was rich, I would go around and make thousands of dollars appear in the acounts of struggling people who really need it. Wouldn't it be great if you were about to go under over a couple of grand in debt and you were in college and working then suddenly you found the money in your account one day...

Maybe Im crazy

[Sun Baked]

This would be that forum!

Bush is getting what has been coming to him for the past 3 years. He silenced everyone last year by going into war with a pack of lies! Now he gets what people wouldn't give him then!You'd think people would only be satisfied if God's message was delivered by a burning Bush. ;)