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Do you think we are wishful thinking, in a God?

Sometimes in life Ill think, Im lucky to be alive. Theres times on the road a speeding car alnost creamed me, and just life in general I think, maybe someone is watching over me. But then I think of my aunt, who recently had a rare disorder that caused oxygen to be deprived, rashes. It would eat her own immune system they told her, and it did. One day, only having it a couple months, she said, I dont want to die. 😟 A month later, she passed from that horrible disease. Why wasnt anyone watching out? Was it truly just her time, at only 57??
And you hear of little kids...recently a boy kept a knife under his pillows because his mom was violent. Thinking ahead at a young age for protection. And then, his mother took the knife, and literally stabbed him in the back, and he died. An innocent little being. Was there someone watching over him????? 😢 While I do believe there must be some higher power and am astoundingly grateful for life, Its hard wondering theres a being watching us or that loves us etc, when you think of those examples.
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You have several questions embedded here.

They are all metaphysical in that they require inquiry beyond the scope of the materialism of science.

1. Whether or not a “god” exists.
2. If we answer #1 in the affirmative, what is the role of that “god” in the world?
3. If we know what this role is, then what is our relationship to that “god”?

These are all theological questions. I say “god” as there are many ways to answer #1-3. I say “god” instead of “God” as I have no idea what your world view is, and I’m not about to condition you to mine.

Then there are:

4. What is the cause of suffering?
5. What is the origin of evil in the world?

How we answer #1-3 really informs how we face #4 and #5.

So I guess there is:

6. How do we face suffering and evil?