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About people who give God credit for good things, but neglect to blame him for the bad.
Some of us think "you can't have one widout the other", as the song goes.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "god" and in particular if you believe in an active deity that affects the real world. That view has all sorts of problems, and is the default meaning of "god" in our society.

If instead you think that "god is everything" and on balance "life is good", some sort of Candidean Pantheism, I suppose you might have a point. Although perhaps this is only true from your perspective? Perhaps other people, in different circumstances might conclude "on balance, God is a shithead"?

Personally, I don't think God is either good or bad, and my beliefs do lean more toward pantheism. I don't know what Candidean means, though I know (not personally, thankfully) what Candida is.

I thought in the circumstance of this story that the "God is a shithead" conclusion was more spot on. But that's my opinion.

He allows the human to die and gives the degree to his dog. I'm bawling here.

and I don't get it either. The "that's touching" comments, fine. But I don't understand why someone would chime in with a god comment at that point either. Is it possible that they meant to reply to another thread? I've done that before.

perhaps it was sort of a telescoped "code" for other believers and meant as rejoice in the Lord in all things. But why not just say that?

in order to possibly understand. The comment doesn't make sense to me, but perhaps I just don't understand it.

Then again, you think people expressing their sadness about this is "inane", which I also don't understand.

I hope your son does well. It must be hard to have him away from home, so I hope you dog gives you some comfort.

To me, sad was a gross understatement. I found the story absolutely heart wrenching, and I was crying, too. Not happy tears because I thought it was cool that the dog was in the graduation ceremony, although it is cool.

Yes, pretty much any time my son is out of my sight I'm an anxious mess.

I thought you were mocking those that felt sad and did not understand at all that you were broken up.

So, that kind of proves my point that it's not always clear what someone is saying, particularly on the internet where there are so few visual and auditory cues.

I've got kids, too, so I know what you mean. It does get easier as they get older and manage to survive another year. Hang in there.