the continuing saga . . .
My neighbor came down to see me this evening. Said she'd been thinking about what I said. Then she said the reason all those people are starving is (insert long drivel here) and, "so you see, help is available from higher powers but they have to ASK for it." I said, "you think no one over there prays?"
Long answer about yes, they pray, but not asking the right things, blah blah blah. Sometimes it takes generations of reincarnation to correct these things. Evil seems to have a strong grip on things. They need to pray for help.
Arghh! I said I don't believe any of it. It isn't logical. So, then she went back to "god works in mysterious ways."
I think that if you don't question the existence of god, then you say shit like that because you really don't have an answer and it really doesn't make any sense. When you can say to yourself, "there is no god," all of a sudden things start to make sense.