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Does anyone else feel irritated when deeply religious people connect everything with god? (lemmy.world)
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For example, you put yourself through university by studying hard and working full time. Then someone says, you should thank god for giving you the strength. Like wtf do you mean, I busted my ass day in and day out but I'm supposed to thank god for it?

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[–] 26 points 4 months ago (6 children)

If I got mad at peoples lack of critical thinking I wouldn’t get very far in a day. But they are insane.

“Thank God for curing my cancer!”

“HE FUCKING GAVE IT TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE!”

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Not only is it insane, it is also incredibly egotistical of people to think that whatever god might exist will help them when it didn't lift a finger to prevent some of the most horrible things that have happened in history; the trans-atlantic slave trade and the holocaust being prime examples.

    And, because I can already feel a religious person typing "bUt ThOsE wERe dOnE By huMaNs" yes, how observent of you, but accordng to your primary (and only) source for your god's existance, it did intervene when humans were building a big tower. And also killed all the babies of Egypt because their leader refused to listen. And I'd argue that the holocaust and slave trade are much worse than humans building a tower.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    And really horrific events like the holocaust must've had countless people praying to be spared, but since most of them died anyway, that must mean the Holocaust was God's will, since that's what religious people always say when prayers go unanswered.

    Your family member survived cancer? "God saved them!" Your family member died of cancer despite praying? "Must've been God's will, He works in mysterious ways!"

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