Do things happen for a reason?

[Mister Agenda]

The problem with a master plan is that there's no way to parse it that actually makes sense, too many things are just...random from a human point of view, especially if they don't involve human beings acting with intent. All we can do is try to tilt the dice in favor of our desired outcomes and hope for the best, while accepting that things might not turn out the way we hope no matter how hard we try. You can think that our successes and failures and the general state of the world are due to some cosmic planner with a vast cosmic plan, but I don't think that really helps us accept the world as it is.

Prayer may help us feel like we can influence events by getting God on our side, but you can get the same actual results (yes, no, maybe) praying to a teddy bear or milk carton. If a particular religion got better results than any other, we could tell.

I hope that was helpful, Shazza.