RE: I poise a question.
November 25, 2013 at 5:47 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2013 at 5:48 pm by Darkstar.)
(November 25, 2013 at 1:46 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: When people say that they KNOW god has been good to them, how do they know it's god doing all these great things for them? Conversely, when something bad happens, why is that not attributed to the same god? If this deity has his hands wrapped up in our affairs enough to cause good things to happen, does that mean he's taking a smoke break when a tsunami hits south-east Asia?
I'm sure you want the theists to answer this, but *spoiler alert* the actual reason is Confirmation bias.
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