andi..thanks for sharing and this is a serious answer.

why are you questioning what you already know to be true? you certainly don’t need any of us to tell you. (not even counting some never will). like you said…worrisome.

i was raised in my original instructions from sonkwayathison who created me. as such i was always taught to listen with the heart and stay in balance. all things not there and not balanced are no good. we carry our ways inside us..no need for a book or others to tell us.

what people DO is so much louder than what they say.

I don’t know, maybe you just got lucky. Just because it’s improbable doesn’t mean it’s a miracle.

Well, at least it makes more sense for you to believe in nature spirits than to believe in the Christian god.

Dear Andi Gravity ,

Yes, Religon is about a personal relationship with God. God is a Person, He is Supreme, He has none higher than Him. He who made the Cow, Dog, Fox made the coyote also. God is God, because he has No creator. When someone helps you, when you are in distress, remember, that God has sent that person, to help you.

Did you ever stop and consider that just maybe God brought the coyote to you? There is a sort of parable that goes like this please read it will give you some insight.
there was a man in a flood and was standing on his roof praying that God would deliver him from the flood.
A boat came by and said sir get in you are going to drown.
The man said no my God will deliver me.
A helicopter came by and he was again told to get in or he would drown and again the man replied no my God will deliver me.
later the man drown .
When he got to heaven he asked God why did you not deliver me from the flood like like i asked?
and you know what God’s answer was?
I sent a boat and a helicopter what more did you want?
Sometimes God sends things into our lives and just because he didn’t literally pick you up and bring you to safety personally doesn’t mean he didn’t arrange for the coyote to help you out.

I’m so sorry. That sounds like a terribly bitter, painful experience.

What kind of answer were expecting, all that time when you say Jesus never answered your prayers? He was with you then and He’s with you now. You just need to confess your sins, repent of them, and ask Him to be your Lord and Savior. That means you belong to Him, and He won’t let you get eaten.

You shouldn’t have given up praying. God comes to us on His schedule, not ours.

I prayed to God concerning my business, afterwards it fell apart. I asked God to heal my physical chest pain that I experienced everyday and I still had it. I prayed to God and asked him to help me with college and… I dropped out. I asked God to help me in so many things in life but it seems like He doesn’t hear me. In fact no matter what I do is like turning against me. But when I finally calmed down, did want anything in life except death, that was the time when He actually spoke to me.

i’m an atheist, so my view on this story is that you were dehydrated, sick, and lost. you had a hallucination that seemed real and you happened to get lucky and stumble across a person to help you. the reason you hallucinated coyote instead of jesus is because you associated jesus with your terrible parent and coyote with your loving grandparent. you needed comfort and your mind gave you what was best suited to comfort you. i know that to most people a snapping coyote wouldn’t seem comforting, but most people weren’t brought up in native american culture, which gives more human traits to wild creatures, thus making them a bit less threatening.
i think many religious experiences are hallucinations.
to answer your question, of course you would be more likely to believe in the thing which you had seen rather that the thing you hadn’t.

Can’t really help you, I don’t believe in gods, or prayer.

It was a highly enjoyable story though, and the question you raise is a good one.

It sounds like you have a really good reason to believe in animal totem spirits. I hope you stick to it, and good luck!

Sura 19;Maryam
Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive! (33) Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt. (34) It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is. (35) And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the right path. (36) 19;Maryam