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Reminds me of people who say that their favorite President was chosen by God. I always want to ask them if that means the ones they don’t like are also chosen b
by mikeash 8y ago
Reminds me of people who say that their favorite President was chosen by God. I always want to ask them if that means the ones they don’t like are also chosen by God, and if not, how they can tell which ones are and which ones aren’t.
- ars 8y agoYes it means the ones they didn't like were also chosen by God, and it means they have mistake in their belief of what God wants. It's no different from somebody wanting their loved one to live, and God disagreeing and the person passes away. So next time you hear that reinterpret it as "wow I must be doing something right if God wants the same thing I want".
- mikeash 8y agoCan I also interpret it as “wow, I must have really fucked up if God wanted the total opposite of what I wanted the last time around?”
- ars 8y agoPartly. But say you want your spouse to live, but God made them die. Are you wrong? No. You just don't have all the info. Could be the same here, you might be totally wrong as you say, or it could be you're not wrong, you just don't (and can't) know everything involved.