RE: Do things happen for a reason?
August 2, 2020 at 4:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2020 at 4:12 pm by Shazzalovesnovels.)
(July 28, 2020 at 5:39 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: It seems to me that Shazz is not comfortable among a group of atheists. I'm not sure of the reason for coming here, but it obviously didn't turn out as planned.
If the answers given to questions were all god-based, I think Shazz would be happier.
Perhaps a theist forum is a better choice.
This is far more interesting. I've learned a few things.
(July 28, 2020 at 7:22 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Shazza, let me put it this way.
You're on a golf course. The odds of hitting a particular blade of grass 300 yards away is trillions to one.
You hit the ball. It lands on a blade of grass 300 yards away. Not the one you chose. But nonetheless, the one you landed on was also a trillions to one shot and you got it!
My point is, trying to connect dots to find special meaning in circumstances is a fool's game. You could waste you life joining dots all day long for the rest of your life.
Shit happens all day long, even fun or bad co-incidental things ..Don't read anything into anything. You'll end up like the dude from "A Beautiful Mind".
Another eg: someone's girlfriend's car broke down and asked you to pick her up. On your way, someone isn't paying attention and slams into your car.
You are injured, taken to hospital, as a precaution, they give you a cat scan. They find a tiny tumor on your brain. They operate and remove it successfully.
The doctor said if they hadn't found it, the tumor was in a part of the brain that in years to come it would have been inoperable and it would have killed you.
Now Shazza, it's tempting to join dots here. But there's really nothing to see. Move along. Nothing spooky happening, No angels, or demons or unicorns or faeries are making things happen. Shit just happens. Sometimes these things are convenient, sometimes they're not.... Wishing for an agent to be involved in your life isn't going to "poof" a god into existence for you...
Conspiracy theories are created for the same reasons they create God. Some people just like to feel that "someone" is in control. Whether it's because you gave birth to an autistic baby 6 months after getting your flu shot or because the neighbor's house got torn down by a hurricane a week after the asshole blocked your driveway with his truck.
The universe doesn't revolve around any of us... We're not that special...seriously.
THEN WHATS THE POINT OF LIVING?? Why do we care so much when people die?? We should just be able to accept it and move on because it happens to everybody. If our lives mean nothing then why is it worth living? Wouldn't it be less exhausting to just cease to exist? (because apparently that's what happens when we die
) Why have children when you know they're going to die anyway?(July 28, 2020 at 6:10 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(July 28, 2020 at 5:39 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Perhaps a theist forum is a better choice.
https://islamqa.info/en
A theist forum will give me answers I'm more familiar with. I want to see outside my box.
