Why, God? (A thoughtful response by a priest about God and evil events)

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28. I'm a religious person,

and I don't wonder at all what atheists get out of atheism. I don't really give it a thought. I assume atheists are living their lives the way they want, happily, I hope and expect.

I have no problem with the thought that God doesn't micromanage things on earth or in our lives. I'm comfortable in my belief, and have no problem understanding that people are responsible for the evil and the good. It doesn't bother me that people think of God as imaginary or mock my belief (here or elsewhere) - I shrug it off, there's no need to defend it. I never think of God as a puppet master, because honestly, what would the point of that be? I don't believe that God's will or divine intervention spared the little girl in Newtown who played dead while allowing the slaughter of the rest of her classmates. Humans are responsible for the evil here on earth, and human compassion and kindness are responsible for the good.

I feel very *free*, happy, and content with my life as well