Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoA third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s planwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square281linkfedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down125
arrow-up1556arrow-down1external-linkA third of Americans believe Trump’s presidency is part of God’s planwww.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square281linkfedilink
minus-squareGremour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoThat is convenient. This way you can explain anything you like. I think, Sam Harris said “it’s like playing table tennis without a net”.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s the point of religion. Providing some kind of psychological comfort by giving answers to questions we can’t answer.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBut we can answer the question of why god allows bad things to happen: god isn’t real.
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”.
That’s the point of religion. Providing some kind of psychological comfort by giving answers to questions we can’t answer.
But we can answer the question of why god allows bad things to happen: god isn’t real.