Christians will tie themselves up into knots trying to come up with an answer. The mental gymnastics are impressive.
The truth seems to be there isn't anyone or anything looking out for us, and putting "faith" (ie: the absence of evidence) in a higher power only takes away from mankind's own agency.
It's no wonder evangelical Christians fall for "trust the plan" larps like what happened with Q. They're conditioned to not being in control of their own destiny.
The truth seems to be there isn't anyone or anything looking out for us
This is the entitled perspective.
You live in a universe that has physical laws which allow life to happen; the odds of this are vanishingly small.
You live on the only planet we know of that can support live.
You had the incarnation of God hand you the cheat codes to living in said universe in a way that brings salvation from suffering if you just use them.
But...God didn't make you breakfast so you conclude no one ever did you any favours?
Has it ever occured to you that, God existing outside of what we perceive as space and time, there might be more important things to worry about? That maybe the suffering we see is our problem to deal with?
Christians will tie themselves up into knots trying to come up with an answer. The mental gymnastics are impressive.
The truth seems to be there isn't anyone or anything looking out for us, and putting "faith" (ie: the absence of evidence) in a higher power only takes away from mankind's own agency.
It's no wonder evangelical Christians fall for "trust the plan" larps like what happened with Q. They're conditioned to not being in control of their own destiny.
This is the entitled perspective.
You live in a universe that has physical laws which allow life to happen; the odds of this are vanishingly small.
You live on the only planet we know of that can support live.
You had the incarnation of God hand you the cheat codes to living in said universe in a way that brings salvation from suffering if you just use them.
But...God didn't make you breakfast so you conclude no one ever did you any favours?
Has it ever occured to you that, God existing outside of what we perceive as space and time, there might be more important things to worry about? That maybe the suffering we see is our problem to deal with?