Something I hear after every disaster that I just find odd.

Posted by Zman

Have you ever noticed that after every natural disaster when someone miraculously survives you'll hear someone say, "Well, god must have been looking out for him or her."  After the devastating tornadoes that hit the Midwest just over a week ago we heard this statement made by several people who narrowly escaped death.

I find the reasoning behind this statement very odd.  I mean, why was god not looking after those who died.  Why would a caring god decide only to save some people and let some die.  The whole idea that god would be looking after certain people and that is why they escaped death by seconds just seems to defy any logic what so ever.   Just does not seem like something a "loving caring god would do.  If he were really looking out for people than there would have been no deaths.

You'll also hear this said after someone survives a horrific accident.  Let's say you have a crash were four people were killed and one person somehow walks away unhurt.  You'll h ear someone say, "well god must have been looking out for him or her."  Really, what did god have against the other four?   If he were really looking after them there would not have been a crash in the first place.

To me it is just the brains way of trying to put some order to things that have none.   Things just happen and and people get lucky there is no explanation for why this happens.  

A person is free to believe what they want and if it helps people cope with what ever life throws at you that's your choice to believe it,  but to me the idea of a god choosing to have some people survive a disaster while others parish just does not make any sense. .