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Yahoo answers? Please. You're going to get thoughtful responses here, for the most part.
I'm the son of a West Point grad who broke his back in a parachuting accident. I almost went to the Naval Academy (I'm approaching 40 now). When I was your age, I thought I was as bullet-proof as you think that you are. You're not. You're very not.
God is not on anyone's side. Accepting the belief in God for a moment since you do, I'm sure that you'll admit that you don't know God's plan or have any idea of what it holds for you. Your relatives' escapes don't mean anything for you. Those were all situations where they were lucky to survive. Those situations have no bearing on your future.
That said, you can die stepping off the curb at the wrong time or by stepping on the brake instead of the accelator. There's not much you can do about that and, as the saying goes, nothing in life is certain except death (and taxes). You're going to die eventually, but the question is whether or not it will be in a foreign land or elsewhere. You could get killed in a freak lightening storm during basic training.
Good luck, kid.
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