• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There is a certain segment of society that thinks every natural event is a “sign from (their) god”.

    I do wonder how many of the same people that kept mindlessly repeating phrases like “gain of function! gain of function!” like good little parrots were ALSO saying the pandemic was a “sign from god”, though… 😂

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      6 months ago

      Wonder about the natural world is nice, but I’ve definitely seen people take it too far. One comment on here talked about how they saw miracles every day. Like they were hungry and found $20 in their jacket pocket. Or they were cold and the sun came out.

      That’s not a miracle. It’s just coincidence. You can’t say that everything is meaningful or nothing is.

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      6 months ago

      well the problem is they always see it as a sign they’re right. Even when its like a tree falling on them. Never is the “sign from god” a message to the viewer a sign to stop being an asshole