Man who won $315 million lottery:"I don't have luck, I'm blessed," Mr. Whittaker said ...
"I just want to thank God for letting me pick the right numbers, or letting the machine pick the right numbers for me," said Mr. Whittaker, who is already a millionaire and the owner of three local businesses ... A millionaire wins the Powerball Lottery. Some attribute that to God. Forgetting for the moment the fairness of that, consider how such thinking guides social policy. If it's God's will to bestow fortune, it's likely to be God's will when misfortune strikes. So why bother helping the downtrodden? It's God's will, after all. |
