(August 29, 2023 at 6:50 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Believing in miracles and prayer and stuff was (in itself, taking away all other religious ideas), at first, comforting and exciting.
Sadly, as these promises kept failing to materialise in reality, the more the belief became a source of frustration (why not me?) or guilt (why doe God hate me?) or confusion (if He knows what I need why pray anyway? Why did Bob say God answered his trivial prayer about a new job, but Mary's kid hasn't been cured of cancer?)
Belief in miracles is only cool if they do in fact happen to you. And, of course, they don't happen.
Very good thoughts and questions.
That whole confirmation bias, yeah? Where believers see significance because they're only counting the hits and justifying the misses. You never lose with the thumb on the scale that way!
