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When divine intervention feels arbitrary

I survived a natural disaster that killed my neighbors and everyone calls it a miracle but I feel guilty for being spared when others were not.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being randomly saved while others perish can make divine favor feel capricious rather than meaningful.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Faith and suffering — the theodicy question?”

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