I suppose that's probably the origin of "the lord works in mysterious ways"
I've always thought religion's persistence is aided in greatest part by ignorance. No doubt wishful thinking (especially concerning mortality) is second.
The sad and utterly sickening irony is how lethal ignorance is in myriad forms.
One of the many fatal blows my personal superstition took was seeing the State of Florida
fail to prosecute a young religious couple who prayed for they're child as he succumbed to 345 stings from yellow jackets. A shot of epinephrine would have saved his life. As would have several antihistimines carried by any paramedics or rescue squads.
They had exercised their 1st Amendment rights. I still insist it was homicide.
I've always thought religion's persistence is aided in greatest part by ignorance. No doubt wishful thinking (especially concerning mortality) is second.
The sad and utterly sickening irony is how lethal ignorance is in myriad forms.
One of the many fatal blows my personal superstition took was seeing the State of Florida
fail to prosecute a young religious couple who prayed for they're child as he succumbed to 345 stings from yellow jackets. A shot of epinephrine would have saved his life. As would have several antihistimines carried by any paramedics or rescue squads.
They had exercised their 1st Amendment rights. I still insist it was homicide.
