re: Virgin Mary painting shows 'tears' at Chicago church

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So are you more comforted by the thought that tragedy is random? That your life can be humming along just fine, then by random chance it is snuffed out and that's the end of the line for eternity? Does that thought bring you peace?

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Yes.

To suggest that it's all part of some plan that the man in the sky pulling the strings has is simply a coping mechanism. And if that helps people deal with hardships and not be assholes I'm fine with it (though it could be argued, easily, that religion turns many people into assholes).