Religious people looks for signs in everything...signs that their god exists or signs that their god is speaking to them. Then when something good happens in their life, they consider it to be a "sign." They claim that it is proof that god exists and is watching out for them.
When something unlikely happens, religious people claim that it is a miracle. What they have actually experienced it just a coincidence...a random occurance that they have twisted into a miracle because they want to believe in miracles. They are comforted by the idea that god is looking out for them, so they twist every coincidence into a sign that god is taking care of them. This makes them feel better about the world. It makes them feel like the world isn't so random and senseless. They forget about all the suffering of others and only focus on their own good fortunes as a sign that god watches out for them.
If you compare the amount of suffering in the world to the amount of prosperity, I think you will find that the majority of people on this planet are suffering. What do religious people make of this? If god watches out for us and creates miracles to help us prosper, then why did he ignore all those other millions of people? The answer is that god doesn't affect anything. If there is a god, he is very "hands off." He is not helping anyone. The fact that one person is born into a prosperous nation and another is born into a third world country...that is simply a random occurance. It is very narcissistic to believe that god watches out for you, but he ignores most of the world...god isn't helping you. If you grew up with a good family and didn't struggle much...well,you simply got lucky - you won the parents lotto - you just happened to be born into a good family in a rich country - that is called pure luck - you were not blessed by god in any way...get over yourself.
When something unlikely happens, religious people claim that it is a miracle. What they have actually experienced it just a coincidence...a random occurance that they have twisted into a miracle because they want to believe in miracles. They are comforted by the idea that god is looking out for them, so they twist every coincidence into a sign that god is taking care of them. This makes them feel better about the world. It makes them feel like the world isn't so random and senseless. They forget about all the suffering of others and only focus on their own good fortunes as a sign that god watches out for them.
If you compare the amount of suffering in the world to the amount of prosperity, I think you will find that the majority of people on this planet are suffering. What do religious people make of this? If god watches out for us and creates miracles to help us prosper, then why did he ignore all those other millions of people? The answer is that god doesn't affect anything. If there is a god, he is very "hands off." He is not helping anyone. The fact that one person is born into a prosperous nation and another is born into a third world country...that is simply a random occurance. It is very narcissistic to believe that god watches out for you, but he ignores most of the world...god isn't helping you. If you grew up with a good family and didn't struggle much...well,you simply got lucky - you won the parents lotto - you just happened to be born into a good family in a rich country - that is called pure luck - you were not blessed by god in any way...get over yourself.
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