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In reply to the discussion: RFK children speak about assassination in Dallas [View all]karynnj
(59,495 posts)I think it hits hardest those people who think there is a God who micromanages the world - deciding the fate of each person on things large and small. That is also the "God" that is easiest to teach to children and to suggest prayer to influence God's decisions. (It is not just kids though - look at the prayers included in the liturgy for many Jewish and Christian services. )
I almost would prefer thinking of a hands off God, than the God where genuinely bad things - like the assassination of JFK - are said to probably make sense in some vast plan that we can not fully see or understand. That just strikes me as an intellectual cop out - especially when some suggest that it is arrogant (thinking too much of your own intelligence) to reject that.