• Gremour@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    That is logical. Practically, though, this is used for justification of selected events. If a person confronts with something he doesn’t like, e. g. bugs in his home, he will actively try to change it.

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      14 hours ago

      Doesn’t mean they have to be passive. They could say God did this to provoke me to do something against this.

      I mean it’s similar to the question why god allows all this suffering and evil in the world. I think the common answer is to test us and to give us the opportunity to do good or something like that.

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        13 hours ago

        That is convenient. This way you can explain anything you like. I think, Sam Harris said “it’s like playing table tennis without a net”.

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          9 hours ago

          That’s the point of religion. Providing some kind of psychological comfort by giving answers to questions we can’t answer.