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Originally Posted by Howard Beale
Not quite. I don't believe in the gods of any religion that I've ever learned of but I don't rule out a 'god' defined other ways than those religions do.
The point I'm making is not that we shouldn't find humour or levity in adverse situations, not only do I think that's healthy but it's desirable and a perfectly normal human response, but that is very different from imagining that a universe creating all-powerful deity cares whether or not you play poker, or someone else finds their car keys, or gets a promotion at work, whilst this deity allows (causes?) the truly awful suffering of many millions of people, including innocent children, on a daily basis.
It's the hubris, callousness and egocentricity of that type of thinking that I find utterly appalling.
The offering of 'he has loving reasons that we simply don't understand' (that I call the 'mysterious ways' defence) is totally unsatisfactory and doesn't excuse it. Far more likely is that there is no god, or that god is a monster. There's nothing funny or fun about this.