• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Because they can’t cope with random chance, there has to be a cause. They need a villain.

      • regedit@lemmy.zip
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        3 hours ago

        Hardships are a test from god unless that hardship can also speak or act counter to societal norms!

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        7 hours ago

        Why blaming gods for random bullshit is easier on the mind? Random bird take a massive shit on my cars hood? Clearly Odin needs to reign in his ravens.

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          You get brought up with prosperity gospel and you think that wealth and good fortune are an indicator of holiness and piety. You internalize that shit. And since you worship what you have been told all your life is a loving god, since you do all the things your church tells you to, since you give them 10+% of your income and hate the minorities they tell you to and vote for the fascists they tell you to, you know yourself to be pious.

          Understanding that we live in a random universe with no sense of justice is fundamentally incompatible with a belief in an orderly universe governed by a just god. So when you encounter misfortune, you don’t blame God, since you see Him as infallible and perfect. You either blame yourself or start looking for someone to blame.

          Which is very useful to people seeking to manipulate hateful credulous people who are convinced of their own righteousness.

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      12 hours ago

      Is that as those who are punished, in religion, deserve it? However children are innocent and usually autism is diagnosed in young people or children. So, they don’t ‘deserve’ it? If it’s just random, maybe other things are too and the preachers are making stuff up?

      It’s a long train of thought to get there. I’d say it’s more just susceptibility to conspiratorial thinking, but who knows.