Religion
In reply to the discussion: FSU Student: It's great that he is unharmed, but this is just stupid. [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)you're not looking at it from the perspective of the one who said it.
It is a common exclamation from believers of all stripes when they narrowly avoid catastrophe, and it's more a social/emotional construct than a religious one. Kinda like an atheist exclaiming "Holy Shit!" when if he sat back and thought about it-- there's nothing holy, and even if there were, it wouldn't be shit.
Yes, there are obvious differences, but please don't belabor the obvious in order to miss the point.
Now, if he really did believe that the finger of God moved the bullet, from his belief in the unknown motivations of a God that works in mysterious ways he would never assume God just didn't care about victims where there was no intervention. God always has a reason, even if we can't comprehend it.
This probably makes no sense to you, and it shouldn't. It's the way believers think, not nonbelievers.
But, this isn't "delusional" thinking. It is perfectly rational human thought within the confines of belief. We often see people acting in ways we don't understand, but upon further inquiry their actions often make sense when we get the full story.