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Why some people blame their own faith failures for others' deaths

My best friend since childhood died of an overdose and I keep thinking if I'd prayed more or been a better Christian somehow I could have saved her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Magical thinking about prayer and righteousness is creating inappropriate guilt over circumstances beyond personal control.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and faith — when loss challenges belief?”

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