For all the Believer turned Agnostics and Athiests

I want to try and answer this.   This is exactly what I mean by him taking the blame for the human condition.  The reality is that humankind is going to both suffer and succeed.  Its pretty much a crap shoot for us mortals.   Something out of human control cannot BE controlled no matter how hard we pray and no matter how hard we wish for something different.   

A devout Christian, Jew, Muslim's child can be run over by a tractor

An agnostic / buddist / wiccan's child can be run over by a tractor

Unfortunately the majority of people need to associate this tragedy with a deity or lack thereof.   It really is a human instinct that organized religion capitalizes on.    

The sad fact is that as humanity goes we only have one another to rely on.  It is not religion or gods that control our destiny.  The most common culprits of our woes are capitalism, immorality, our flawed bodies and other humans.   Everything is a numbers game.  It is so so important to find your own best happy and do everything you can to hold on to it.   

For those who believe in their deity it can be a great source of comfort to think that a warm loving god is there to sooth the pain of loss or the pain of plain old life.   For the rest of us there a different kind of comfort but is it really that different?  No.  God is somewhat of a human coping mechanism not much different than my husband's loving embrace, its just that mine is right next to me in the flesh.  

I know I wrote a lot cNs but I was trying to offer some e-comfort