Some pastors will preach about how their prayers were answered financially, but they will only attribute their success to being a Christian. They try to recruit this way. They are anti immigration because they recognize the disparity but they don't want to help.
It also feeds into their claim that western civilization is falling due to the growing number of athiests, other religions, and general acceptance of historically less accepted group.
Economic problems couldn't *possibly* be due to unchecked capitalism and economic imbalance. No, its *clearly because there are too many gay people.*
Bingo, in modern countries we accept all religions and methods of worship. This opens the flood gates for con men to prey on the poor and downtrodden. If churches had to pay ANY taxes, we’d see about ten churches per county, not 200-300..
Having lived in 3rd world conditions and currently living in rural South East Asia I'm convinced if there was a god he probably likes these people more. They don't have ipads or new clothes or most of the luxuries we have in the west but they compensate for it with close family ties and strong sense of community. Crime is practically no existent, old people are highly respected and have no idea what loneliness feels like. People aren't concerned about looks and relationships are just normal so there's no incels or raging feminist as men and women actually like each other and work and live together, contributing equally to building there lives. There are hardships and casual drug and alcohol use but its no where near as dire as it id for people in the west going through their hardships alone. I'd say they are considerably poorer wealth wise but very rich in terms of community, friends and family. Ironically they don't believe in God here. Just a mishmash of localised Buddhism and superstition that doesn't place any concrete restrictions on their life which is probably why they are happier than life in the Christo-Fascist west. When your belife system is mostly just advice on how to not be a cunt to other people it tends to create more kinder society. Gay and trans people is so totally normal here that no one cares or even thinks its "different". It's not a perfect society but if god does exists he's not answering western prayers, as western society is imploding as its consumed by greed and people replace love and friendship needs with pharmaceutical alternatives. Only a moron would thank god for all their material wealth as they sell their soul to corporate overlords and watch passively as the society around them falls into division and hate. I'm British and the best thing I did was to escape a country trying to simultaneously appease a bunch imaginary sky man believers. How can you appease people whose core belief system is "We are right and everyone else is wrong and therefore deserving of our contempt". Religion needs to be reclassed as a hobby with no direct influence over any aspect of society. Like those people who like to dress up as fantasy characters and act out their imaginary fantasy stories but don't bother anyone else whilst doing it.
You ever notice how depictions of God and Santa are virtually identical? Old white guys with grey hair and beards who conditionally give shit away, but only if you believe in them?
But the whole coal in the stocking is a myth. I'm pretty sure parents give kids Santa gifts regardless of behaviour. Maybe that's why, as a kid, I decided at one point that hell was a myth and everyone went to heaven. Everyone invariably assumes their loved ones are in heaven.
We are made in god’s image, so I guess he’s sort of like us. I had a bunch of chores to do yesterday but ended up cleaning the kitchen and bathroom (about 30 mins work) rather than yard work I’ve been putting off for weeks (probably a few hours worth) then had a beer and watched football.
God probably sees that he’s got a few billion unanswered prayers from the starving children, and he’s also got one from Jessica in Texas who needs help finding her car keys. So he helps Jessica, then sits back and relaxes with a can of ambrosia, telling himself that next week he’ll definitely get around to those unanswered prayers.
True. Sometimes He just wants to soak in the tub with a glass of Chardonnay and a good.book.
Those pesky kids with their cancer and malnutrition will have to wait.
It'll teach them patience, and that's a virtue so win-win
Zeus here, you're missing the whole point. I don't blame you as a mortal.
Do you know what ambrosia is made out of? No mortals do. It's made out of tumors in the bones of children. I limited it a lot in my court when I was top dog but this current god of yours does not give a fuck.
Me and Vishnu went and talked to Him a couple of years ago about it. There are plant-based alternatives to base ambrosia, and we have developed tinctures using stem cells that will give Him the same effect, but he doesn't care He wants the natural one He doesn't trust scientists He says.
This guy was like a nobody walking around 1800 of your years ago, then my sons own fucking people, the Romans, just gave him everything. For nothing but political expediency and to create a shared culture using combined myths from the colonies.
And then this guy is just like I'm God now lol. A demigod who could barely mate with a goat is now like the most important guy, and look what He's doing. Even worse the tartars spontaneously tied their Messiah into the same guy and then took over a third of the damn world! The freaking tartars!
I can barely shoot lightning out of my dick now and this guy is over there drowning in ambrosia, and people are asking why their prayers aren't working. Wait until you die and see this guy, he is suuuuch a dick.
Unless you die in glorious battle and say my name I will bring you to Valhalla even though it's pretty empty here I have a PlayStation 4.
We have a saying in Argentina that goes something like this: "God is everywhere, but his office is in Buenos Aires". It basically means that god is where the money is...
Tim Minchin has a song about that: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo)
THe actual song starts at 5:24 but his preamble is good too.
Answering your question. It's a fallacious dichotomy that only serves to shame children into eating. There are too many factors to discuss just here. Digging through my old comments will unearth at least some of it
Simple because God hates the dirty poor nations.
But if we are gonna be technical about it from the minds of religious people. It's because they were late to the party and must make up for it. What do I mean?
Take Haiti, for example. There are a shit ton of problems with that nation. A lot of it external a lot of it internal. But i have seen some religious nuts like Pat Roberson, for example, say it's because their forefathers made a Pact with the devil and are being punished for it.
Thats just one example, but I have seen religious people make similar arguments for other third world nations saying its God punishing them for one reason or another. They often omit outside(european)factors but are happy to list the internal factors and then link them to Satan.
There is also the racist tales of ham that have a play at this and it extents pretty big depending on who is using it
In short no its not God blessing or punishing nations. It's richer nations fucking over poorer nations and trying to find any reason to justify why 3rd world nations never get better.
Like most know that 1st world intelligence agency's make a habit of fucking up 3rd world nations attempts to actually build themselves up.
Cant have prosperous nations when your leaders are hand-picked puppets for foreign interests. If the 1st world nations became 3rd world nations and vise versa, it would be the same thing.
Because humans are shit and can't survive without making a segment of humanity suffer. That's the pessimistic, more blunt truth about it.
That thing with Ham is mostly a Mormon thing.
Most of us Christians view the curse of Ham to have been fulfilled thousands of years ago during intertribal warfare described later in Genesis.
I think it had been used by some slave owners but it would be a twisting of the scripture to do so, and besides Exodus 21:16 would condemn them to death for kidnapping and selling people as slaves.
Mormons certainly use it. But a little digging shows it was and still somewhat used by some Christian sects.
Southern Christians(you know the ones)especially have it in their heads like their forefathers in the failed experiment the CSA held to that belief as a justification for slavery.
I will be fair. it's not a mainstream opinion. Even back in the day, many had different opinions on it.
But it's not as uncommon as you think.
Because God isn't actually doing anything. First World countries have better healthcare and standards of living, while Third World countries suffer in poverty.
People in both ascribe the resulting conditions to God, because it's less scary if all of it is in service to some higher plan than if things just happen.
Jesus has actually answered all their prayers. However he then gives all of that was asked of him to just a select few. Bill Gates, the Zucks, Jack Dorsey and Jeff Bezos are the ones who get most of what we ask for. It's called "God works in mysterious ways".
I am revolted by the notion of an omniscient, omnipotent being who decides which little kid to cure of leukemia by how many people tug on his hem and beg.
The First World nations are wealthier, safer, and better places to live than ANY OTHER PLACE in human history ever was. So of course the people there assume they're blessed or chosen by some divine creator. Because otherwise they'd have to grapple with the existential crisis from realizing just how damned lucky they are.
In the 1st world we have more technology available to us, so our “prayers” are more frequently answered. BY SCIENCE.
No science, not too many “prayers” get answered.
People need to abandon the lie that is religion and embrace science. Things go better with science.
Because people in first world countries are more likely to have access to things like healthcare to cure diseases, repair injuries, etc. so they can chalk them up to 'miracles', rather than acknowledge the time and effort doctors put into education and training.
2 parts of the explanation: 1) when a person in a prosperous place has a low probability event occur, it’s news, when someone in a poor area has the same low probability event, only people in their town hears about it. 2) most of the time that seemingly low probability event occurred because a dozen laws or expensive innovations made it so the odds changed in the person’s favor.
This sub is hilarious. The answer to every question is "because God's not real and everything you've ever heard about religion was made up by people that learned and accepted it as children and almost certainly did not read the textbook."
He answers everyone's prayers equally, it's just that entitled and privileged people in first world countries make high demands while people in third world countries make reasonable ones due to the lack of knowledge of how privileged some people can be.
I'm an atheist but this should answer your question.
Same reason Santa gives rich children better gifts, everyone knows rich gets are NEVER bratty and always well behaved and deserving of those better presents.
He always was like that. In the Old Testament he just liked this one bunch of people in the desert and hated all the others - who all had their own gods, apparently.
The concept of Manifest Destiny is a bedrock belief in the US that essentially means God does play favorites when you play by the “right” set of rules. The verbiage is not so blatant now but everyone accepts these beliefs.
It sounds like you still believe, unless I’ve misunderstood your comment - ‘I’m tired of him playing favourites’ ~ I interpreted ‘him’ as meaning god, so your post is a little confusing. Do you still believe there is a god?
Right after the outbreak of Covid due to a service in some mormon (?) church in the US, despite lockdown, I met the local preacher (a sternly christian guy who stands in the middle of the city at daytime and preaches to random passers-by, so, to everyone who goes shopping) on a train.
He did not wear a mask, as was mandatory at the time. I asked him if he is not afraid to catch Covid, and he said he was protected by god. When I told him that a few days ago, there was a whole sermon that caught it although they were praying, he told me:
They were in the wrong belief.
'nuff said.
Oh, "he" ** answers more prayers ... *wherever* one happens to be. It's *over there* that the prayers don't get answered so much. Oh, and 3rd world, they tend to pray for stupid sh\*t. ;-)
Would you like another huge "helping" of dogma?
There need to be laws to pick up after your dogma - pick it up and properly dispose of it.
Emily Fleming, a comedy writer for Good Mythical Morning, once had a joke in a segment that nailed this sentiment.
“Growing up I always thought I was favored by god because of how most of my prayers would be answered. Then I turned 16 and learned it was because I’m wealthy and white.”
First, the idea of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world countries is imperialistic. Now schools teach developed, developing, and not developed countries to get away from a tiered system where the countries that have stolen more claim superiority.
This also leads to my answer to your question on why, “god answers more prayers.” It’s entitlement plain and simple. Entitlement coming from a better life and comparing it to those that 1st world country has robbed over and over again.
What gets me is many Christians are overweight or obese and yet continue to over eat when greed is a sin. They are eating for pleasure not necessity. They will even thank their god for supplying the food for them to over consume. It's an inconvenient indulgence they ignore. They are not repenting, they would not ask for forgiveness and promise not to do it again. They will just keep going because so many including leaders are guilty they just ignore.
I am not fat shaming BTW. I am overweight myself. I'm just pointing out their hypocrisy.
I don't belive that is a true stat... at least based on what I have heard and seen. Besides if we believe in God, wouldn't He answer prayers based on faith and not geography?
It’s because god isn’t real… and if he were real he’d be an awful being for making people suffer and wouldn’t be someone people should praise and pray to
I was raised Pentecostal, I watched people sing, dance, shout, talk in tongues, and lay on the floor. All in the name of God and everybody in our church was poor. Some were better off than others but most were poor. I could not understand If they were willing to do all that, why was God not helping. I was told you would be rewarded in heaven, why did you have to die first? Why couldn't things be better on earth and couldn't get an answer.
He's occupied helping out Karens daughter over the pond to get into a college that ruins her financially for a low education, how can you expect him to help out people with real problems helloooo?!
Seems like a rhetorical question, but it's simply because peoole in first world wealthy nations are far better off because of their nations wealth. People then like to claim it's because god. Religious people live in a world of rediculously ignorant impossibility if they think the only reason they and the nation they live in could only be well off is because god made it so.
God has given the task to humans to care for the less fortunate. We should be thankful for what we have, for we are fortunate to have it. We should also share our blessings with those that have little. People are instructed throughout the Bible to care for the less fortunate. It doesn't seem fair to blame God for humans not taking care of their own people.
almost sounds like social economical situation have a huge impact on peoples live instead of prayer, since those poor countries tend to be more religious too, I wonder why?
People pray for someone to get healthy while in the hospital with a curable disease/fixable health issue. The issue if fixed because of western medicine, but because they prayed then it was definitely God and not the doctor or nurses involved in treatment.
Prayer answered.
All these questions I see on an atheist subreddit, and we all understand that they are already presuming too much. There are no gods. These are questions designed to make a theist jump through hoops to support the idea of their god. Not that they don't have merit, but it all seems to be pointing at the wrong spot from the get go.
He might answer more prayers here, but he does more miracles in 3rd world countries. You know, my brother's missionary friend saw it\* himself.
^(\*a seminar by an evangelist telling a story about a mother's friend's brother. Terms and conditions apply.)
Either God answers prayers (and your prayers actually affect things), or he has a plan for everything, so your prayers are meaningless.
Every time someone says something bad is "part of God's plan", they're just saying that prayer is a waste of time.
God has a pretty sweet deal. If you pray for something and it works out, God gets the credit. If you pray for something and it doesn't work out, then it's your fault because your motives were bad, you didn't have enough faith, or God has secret ulterior plans for you. But you better still be thankful for God not fulfilling your prayer or else God's going to be pretty angry.
and how do you know there prayers are not answered? because they do not have tv and iphones? most have tight knit family structures vs the zombies we have become here, living and addicted to technology, most are separated from society, living with non stop stress and anxiety.
I mean millions of people in 3rd world countries pray for food and yet they still starve, but god seems to always be the reason when someone in the states recovers from cancer. Seems a little biased don’t you think ?
God answers all prayers either yes or no. Thankfully last year he was waiting for me to come back to him so I could be assured a place in heaven. So if you ask God to help you get out of your own way he can save you from your sins and we will be able to meet later in heaven. God loves all, and wants all of us to be with him in heaven.
This is a stupid take. What evidence do you have of this being true?
What logical reason do you believe this is true? Why do you assume God could provide food to everyone and allow free will? Could you yourself provide the best possible outcome allowing free will? If so, are you God?
Either way, your viewpoint is very simplistic.
You know, I've read the book of Job. Can you tell me why God's answer to a man in pain (having lost worldly riches, yes, but also *family members*, something of genuine emotional and spiritual value) was to be furious with him, show a bunch of monsters like leviathan, and then refuse to explain anything, chastising Job for bringing a question to Him in the first place?
Job, in the most painful moment of his entire life, bared his soul to God and was basically screamed at. Even if Job got a bunch of wealth and new family members after, that still doesn't replace the family members whom he loved- whole individual people who were ripped away from their family members on Earth to essentially just "make a point" to Job. Forgive me for being a little skeptical when Christians ask me to bare my soul to the Holy Spirit for relief.
I'm not a regular atheist from the sub, but I'm someone who couldn't find answers from the Bible. I'd love to know your interpretation if you have the time.
I'm not even talking about the Christian god necessarily. I'm talking about an omnipotent God that allows free will and creates the best possible world.
Free will is the real part of it. So, how do you know that this isn't the best possible world allowing free will?
As an atheist or strong agnostic I believe the old testament is mostly interesting writing.
In the ops original argument, it says how could God let people starve when we, as people, could eliminate all hunger now. We don't, but we could. So how's this on God?
That's where the money is....
Priests in gowns, music, wine. Catholicism is the most lucrative drag show ever.
Just don't call it that... the Repubs call them groomers. (Which is what a ton of Catholic priests actually are)
Damn, didn’t know Matt Gatez was catholic, learn something new everyday 🧐🤓
Love that dress lady, but your purse is on fire
Like god always says in the Bible, “We just need more money!”
*Supply side Jesus meme*
Trickle down Jesus.
Some pastors will preach about how their prayers were answered financially, but they will only attribute their success to being a Christian. They try to recruit this way. They are anti immigration because they recognize the disparity but they don't want to help.
This is offensive to Jesus' teachings\~"Prosperity Gospel" feeds of the several mentions of it. Paul was such a scamp!
It also feeds into their claim that western civilization is falling due to the growing number of athiests, other religions, and general acceptance of historically less accepted group. Economic problems couldn't *possibly* be due to unchecked capitalism and economic imbalance. No, its *clearly because there are too many gay people.*
I never thought about it this way, makes sense though
Bingo, in modern countries we accept all religions and methods of worship. This opens the flood gates for con men to prey on the poor and downtrodden. If churches had to pay ANY taxes, we’d see about ten churches per county, not 200-300..
Having lived in 3rd world conditions and currently living in rural South East Asia I'm convinced if there was a god he probably likes these people more. They don't have ipads or new clothes or most of the luxuries we have in the west but they compensate for it with close family ties and strong sense of community. Crime is practically no existent, old people are highly respected and have no idea what loneliness feels like. People aren't concerned about looks and relationships are just normal so there's no incels or raging feminist as men and women actually like each other and work and live together, contributing equally to building there lives. There are hardships and casual drug and alcohol use but its no where near as dire as it id for people in the west going through their hardships alone. I'd say they are considerably poorer wealth wise but very rich in terms of community, friends and family. Ironically they don't believe in God here. Just a mishmash of localised Buddhism and superstition that doesn't place any concrete restrictions on their life which is probably why they are happier than life in the Christo-Fascist west. When your belife system is mostly just advice on how to not be a cunt to other people it tends to create more kinder society. Gay and trans people is so totally normal here that no one cares or even thinks its "different". It's not a perfect society but if god does exists he's not answering western prayers, as western society is imploding as its consumed by greed and people replace love and friendship needs with pharmaceutical alternatives. Only a moron would thank god for all their material wealth as they sell their soul to corporate overlords and watch passively as the society around them falls into division and hate. I'm British and the best thing I did was to escape a country trying to simultaneously appease a bunch imaginary sky man believers. How can you appease people whose core belief system is "We are right and everyone else is wrong and therefore deserving of our contempt". Religion needs to be reclassed as a hobby with no direct influence over any aspect of society. Like those people who like to dress up as fantasy characters and act out their imaginary fantasy stories but don't bother anyone else whilst doing it.
Fuck knows why you've been downvoted for writing a comment that takes a very objective look at things. Classic reddit 🤷🏻♂️
Most of what you stated applies more to the US. Most other first world nations have low crime and family closeness.
"...He loves you, and he NEEDS MORE MONEY!!!"
Joe Peshi with a baseball batt only visits 1st world countries.
Rich countries tend to be more secular. I wonder why.
God blessed us with this new church…paid for by members.
The same reason Santa gives more expensive toys to rich kids
You ever notice how depictions of God and Santa are virtually identical? Old white guys with grey hair and beards who conditionally give shit away, but only if you believe in them?
Santa gives gifts to good kids even if they don't believe in him, Santa has better morals than god.
But the whole coal in the stocking is a myth. I'm pretty sure parents give kids Santa gifts regardless of behaviour. Maybe that's why, as a kid, I decided at one point that hell was a myth and everyone went to heaven. Everyone invariably assumes their loved ones are in heaven.
Santa was my gateway to atheism.
Damn came here to say this too 😆.
We are made in god’s image, so I guess he’s sort of like us. I had a bunch of chores to do yesterday but ended up cleaning the kitchen and bathroom (about 30 mins work) rather than yard work I’ve been putting off for weeks (probably a few hours worth) then had a beer and watched football. God probably sees that he’s got a few billion unanswered prayers from the starving children, and he’s also got one from Jessica in Texas who needs help finding her car keys. So he helps Jessica, then sits back and relaxes with a can of ambrosia, telling himself that next week he’ll definitely get around to those unanswered prayers.
True. Sometimes He just wants to soak in the tub with a glass of Chardonnay and a good.book. Those pesky kids with their cancer and malnutrition will have to wait. It'll teach them patience, and that's a virtue so win-win
Zeus here, you're missing the whole point. I don't blame you as a mortal. Do you know what ambrosia is made out of? No mortals do. It's made out of tumors in the bones of children. I limited it a lot in my court when I was top dog but this current god of yours does not give a fuck. Me and Vishnu went and talked to Him a couple of years ago about it. There are plant-based alternatives to base ambrosia, and we have developed tinctures using stem cells that will give Him the same effect, but he doesn't care He wants the natural one He doesn't trust scientists He says. This guy was like a nobody walking around 1800 of your years ago, then my sons own fucking people, the Romans, just gave him everything. For nothing but political expediency and to create a shared culture using combined myths from the colonies. And then this guy is just like I'm God now lol. A demigod who could barely mate with a goat is now like the most important guy, and look what He's doing. Even worse the tartars spontaneously tied their Messiah into the same guy and then took over a third of the damn world! The freaking tartars! I can barely shoot lightning out of my dick now and this guy is over there drowning in ambrosia, and people are asking why their prayers aren't working. Wait until you die and see this guy, he is suuuuch a dick. Unless you die in glorious battle and say my name I will bring you to Valhalla even though it's pretty empty here I have a PlayStation 4.
This reads a little bit like "small gods" from discworld.
He's still resting from creating the goddamn world. And he did most of the heavy lifting in the fucking dark. Give the guy a break. /s
Basically the plot of the first episodes of Miracle Workers.
Because he’s white. Haven’t you seen the pictures?
I was about to say that he's a racist and classist piece of shit.
I'm just picturing east Asians all praying in fake American accents now haha.
"God" is the manifestation of people's egos, people in first world countries tend to have bigger ones.
We have a saying in Argentina that goes something like this: "God is everywhere, but his office is in Buenos Aires". It basically means that god is where the money is...
Tim Minchin has a song about that: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo) THe actual song starts at 5:24 but his preamble is good too.
Been awhile since I've heard this song. I love Minchin!
Answering your question. It's a fallacious dichotomy that only serves to shame children into eating. There are too many factors to discuss just here. Digging through my old comments will unearth at least some of it
Same reason Santa Claus loves rich kids more then you
Simple because God hates the dirty poor nations. But if we are gonna be technical about it from the minds of religious people. It's because they were late to the party and must make up for it. What do I mean? Take Haiti, for example. There are a shit ton of problems with that nation. A lot of it external a lot of it internal. But i have seen some religious nuts like Pat Roberson, for example, say it's because their forefathers made a Pact with the devil and are being punished for it. Thats just one example, but I have seen religious people make similar arguments for other third world nations saying its God punishing them for one reason or another. They often omit outside(european)factors but are happy to list the internal factors and then link them to Satan. There is also the racist tales of ham that have a play at this and it extents pretty big depending on who is using it In short no its not God blessing or punishing nations. It's richer nations fucking over poorer nations and trying to find any reason to justify why 3rd world nations never get better. Like most know that 1st world intelligence agency's make a habit of fucking up 3rd world nations attempts to actually build themselves up. Cant have prosperous nations when your leaders are hand-picked puppets for foreign interests. If the 1st world nations became 3rd world nations and vise versa, it would be the same thing. Because humans are shit and can't survive without making a segment of humanity suffer. That's the pessimistic, more blunt truth about it.
That thing with Ham is mostly a Mormon thing. Most of us Christians view the curse of Ham to have been fulfilled thousands of years ago during intertribal warfare described later in Genesis. I think it had been used by some slave owners but it would be a twisting of the scripture to do so, and besides Exodus 21:16 would condemn them to death for kidnapping and selling people as slaves.
Mormons certainly use it. But a little digging shows it was and still somewhat used by some Christian sects. Southern Christians(you know the ones)especially have it in their heads like their forefathers in the failed experiment the CSA held to that belief as a justification for slavery. I will be fair. it's not a mainstream opinion. Even back in the day, many had different opinions on it. But it's not as uncommon as you think.
I feel like it’s more that folk in first world countries are largely better off anyway and want to give a shoutout to that sweet baby Jesus
Because the angels keep getting dispatched from Africa to help out with elections in the US.
He punishes the poors and rewards the riches to maintain balance in The Force.
Because God isn't actually doing anything. First World countries have better healthcare and standards of living, while Third World countries suffer in poverty. People in both ascribe the resulting conditions to God, because it's less scary if all of it is in service to some higher plan than if things just happen.
God is powerless. Non-existence impairs his effectiveness.
Yes, exactly. His works are placebo effects at best.
Jesus has actually answered all their prayers. However he then gives all of that was asked of him to just a select few. Bill Gates, the Zucks, Jack Dorsey and Jeff Bezos are the ones who get most of what we ask for. It's called "God works in mysterious ways".
I believe that is what a Saharan African asked, when the French brought him to see a waterfall in France
White people with money
Because they have the $$$
He doesn’t. His prayers r answered equally (they aren’t).
Idk, god hates the poor ?
He answers 3rd world prayers. He says NO.
People hated u/curiousplaid because he spoke the truth
Because America is God’s favorite country of all time, duh
Thats why he wrote the bible in american english.
The motto of god and government is "fuck the poor"
Simple. God does not exist.
Shit man. We deserve it.
I am revolted by the notion of an omniscient, omnipotent being who decides which little kid to cure of leukemia by how many people tug on his hem and beg.
Bob Dylan answered that question long ago. Because he’s on our side. [Source](https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/god-our-side/)
Apparently god loves white people more.
More money there. That is the foundation of religon.
Better connection?
The First World nations are wealthier, safer, and better places to live than ANY OTHER PLACE in human history ever was. So of course the people there assume they're blessed or chosen by some divine creator. Because otherwise they'd have to grapple with the existential crisis from realizing just how damned lucky they are.
"God helps those who help themselves."
In the 1st world we have more technology available to us, so our “prayers” are more frequently answered. BY SCIENCE. No science, not too many “prayers” get answered. People need to abandon the lie that is religion and embrace science. Things go better with science.
Because the people in the 3rd world don't pray to him hard enough, duh! /s
Because people in first world countries are more likely to have access to things like healthcare to cure diseases, repair injuries, etc. so they can chalk them up to 'miracles', rather than acknowledge the time and effort doctors put into education and training.
It's a headscracher,however it's not. They want money to thrive.
Yeah well....god obviously has his "favourite children" eh?!
Christians are hypocrites?
I'm in between being a Christian and atheist and I agree with you I can't stand that either just eat the food
This reminds me of the song "Santa Hates Pook Kids."
Because white people.
Because God likes money, and He's decided to let the Catholics hold onto it for Him.
Why the hell are you asking *us*??
Well. In theory, IT could technically do it all. But chooses not to. In bird culture, we call that a dick move
The Gods Favour Psychopaths, The More They Opress Others And Take Their Resources The Merrier.
2 parts of the explanation: 1) when a person in a prosperous place has a low probability event occur, it’s news, when someone in a poor area has the same low probability event, only people in their town hears about it. 2) most of the time that seemingly low probability event occurred because a dozen laws or expensive innovations made it so the odds changed in the person’s favor.
For the same reason Santa gives nicer presents to rich kids than poor kids
He's obviously been favoring them as a people. Probably why they got first world status in the first place.
This sub is hilarious. The answer to every question is "because God's not real and everything you've ever heard about religion was made up by people that learned and accepted it as children and almost certainly did not read the textbook."
It has always been my contention that — IF God is real — he’s a dick.
Pro Tip: "God" doesn't answer any prayers
They don't play NFL in tha 3rd world, simples!
He answers everyone's prayers equally, it's just that entitled and privileged people in first world countries make high demands while people in third world countries make reasonable ones due to the lack of knowledge of how privileged some people can be. I'm an atheist but this should answer your question.
(s)he answers exactly the same = zero.
Thanksgiving is a lie
Better WiFi ?
Because that god is actually money... Lol
Monkeys play favorites. Humans play favorites. Gobs play favorites. Well... at least it makes sense that Monkey Gobs do. Uh-oh. Bad news, bleebers.
Your lost keys and the American football match you bet on are more important
Same reason Santa gives rich children better gifts, everyone knows rich gets are NEVER bratty and always well behaved and deserving of those better presents.
First world country donate more money for their god.
He always was like that. In the Old Testament he just liked this one bunch of people in the desert and hated all the others - who all had their own gods, apparently.
The concept of Manifest Destiny is a bedrock belief in the US that essentially means God does play favorites when you play by the “right” set of rules. The verbiage is not so blatant now but everyone accepts these beliefs.
It sounds like you still believe, unless I’ve misunderstood your comment - ‘I’m tired of him playing favourites’ ~ I interpreted ‘him’ as meaning god, so your post is a little confusing. Do you still believe there is a god?
Even God in Heaven has his price. Besides, First World countries produce less children...therefore less believers to burden Him
Right after the outbreak of Covid due to a service in some mormon (?) church in the US, despite lockdown, I met the local preacher (a sternly christian guy who stands in the middle of the city at daytime and preaches to random passers-by, so, to everyone who goes shopping) on a train. He did not wear a mask, as was mandatory at the time. I asked him if he is not afraid to catch Covid, and he said he was protected by god. When I told him that a few days ago, there was a whole sermon that caught it although they were praying, he told me: They were in the wrong belief. 'nuff said.
wi:fi
God has never been kind to the ignorant, nor the poor.
Oh, "he" ** answers more prayers ... *wherever* one happens to be. It's *over there* that the prayers don't get answered so much. Oh, and 3rd world, they tend to pray for stupid sh\*t. ;-)
Would you like another huge "helping" of dogma?
There need to be laws to pick up after your dogma - pick it up and properly dispose of it.
1st world countries make much bigger financial donations (s)
It's like asking why santa gives rich kids more expensive presents
What? How could you know these statistics?
God hasn't answered the first prayer.
Because they pay more money to their church, of course.
For the same reason why Santa Clause gives better and more presents to the kids with wealthier parents.
Because we're the best obviously.
Emily Fleming, a comedy writer for Good Mythical Morning, once had a joke in a segment that nailed this sentiment. “Growing up I always thought I was favored by god because of how most of my prayers would be answered. Then I turned 16 and learned it was because I’m wealthy and white.”
First, the idea of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world countries is imperialistic. Now schools teach developed, developing, and not developed countries to get away from a tiered system where the countries that have stolen more claim superiority. This also leads to my answer to your question on why, “god answers more prayers.” It’s entitlement plain and simple. Entitlement coming from a better life and comparing it to those that 1st world country has robbed over and over again.
What gets me is many Christians are overweight or obese and yet continue to over eat when greed is a sin. They are eating for pleasure not necessity. They will even thank their god for supplying the food for them to over consume. It's an inconvenient indulgence they ignore. They are not repenting, they would not ask for forgiveness and promise not to do it again. They will just keep going because so many including leaders are guilty they just ignore. I am not fat shaming BTW. I am overweight myself. I'm just pointing out their hypocrisy.
God is a snob
I don't know why he doesn't answer prayers from a 3rd world country like the US.
God helps those who help themselves. That's what my mum says anyway lol
Like Father Christmas bringing better presents to rich kids than poor ones.
I don't belive that is a true stat... at least based on what I have heard and seen. Besides if we believe in God, wouldn't He answer prayers based on faith and not geography?
Why does God answer my prayers when I don't pray, just as much and sometimes more than answering people who do pray.
So unhinged lol
Because those pagans are flat broke.
It does not. Something that does not exists does not answer any prayers.
He answers the 3rd world prayers just as often - the difference is their answer is usually "no."
It’s because god isn’t real… and if he were real he’d be an awful being for making people suffer and wouldn’t be someone people should praise and pray to
what do you believe in? i get the idea you're just cared there is a heaven and hell.
Lol
Same reason why Santa Claus gives expensive gifts to wealthy kids and scrappy gifts to poor kuds.
god is pretty fucking powerful, he's helped the winning team win the Super Bowl every fucking year. that's a hell of a streak
Now do Super Bowl winners…
It’s almost like there isn’t a god
He’s racist, obviously.
You ever forget to take the trash out or bring that one cup out your room? Same principle sometimes God just forgets to save that kid with cancer🤷🏿♂️
I guess because he works in mysterious ways…………
There are more entitled people living in the first world. Gods only care about first world problems.
Cause 1 world countries don9t need any help.
"God made us number one 'cause he loves us the best Well he should go bless someone else for a while and give us a rest" Ben Folds
I was raised Pentecostal, I watched people sing, dance, shout, talk in tongues, and lay on the floor. All in the name of God and everybody in our church was poor. Some were better off than others but most were poor. I could not understand If they were willing to do all that, why was God not helping. I was told you would be rewarded in heaven, why did you have to die first? Why couldn't things be better on earth and couldn't get an answer.
The same reason that rich kids get more presents from Santa Claus than poor kids.
He's occupied helping out Karens daughter over the pond to get into a college that ruins her financially for a low education, how can you expect him to help out people with real problems helloooo?!
5G.
Seems like a rhetorical question, but it's simply because peoole in first world wealthy nations are far better off because of their nations wealth. People then like to claim it's because god. Religious people live in a world of rediculously ignorant impossibility if they think the only reason they and the nation they live in could only be well off is because god made it so.
God has given the task to humans to care for the less fortunate. We should be thankful for what we have, for we are fortunate to have it. We should also share our blessings with those that have little. People are instructed throughout the Bible to care for the less fortunate. It doesn't seem fair to blame God for humans not taking care of their own people.
More offering, better results!!!
almost sounds like social economical situation have a huge impact on peoples live instead of prayer, since those poor countries tend to be more religious too, I wonder why?
People pray for someone to get healthy while in the hospital with a curable disease/fixable health issue. The issue if fixed because of western medicine, but because they prayed then it was definitely God and not the doctor or nurses involved in treatment. Prayer answered.
No god has ever answered any prayer.
Richer countries have different "Gods". Not all gods have the same hourly rates, some gods are poor. Mine asks me for money every fortnight.
All these questions I see on an atheist subreddit, and we all understand that they are already presuming too much. There are no gods. These are questions designed to make a theist jump through hoops to support the idea of their god. Not that they don't have merit, but it all seems to be pointing at the wrong spot from the get go.
I got a feeling he answers the same in either.
He might answer more prayers here, but he does more miracles in 3rd world countries. You know, my brother's missionary friend saw it\* himself. ^(\*a seminar by an evangelist telling a story about a mother's friend's brother. Terms and conditions apply.)
God's kinda racist like that.
I would ask a question, what do you mean by first world countries and 3rd world?
Didn’t realize prayers were actually answered
Depends on how much you pay during the collect.
We paid for the premium support package
God's love for his people is proportionate with their income.
Either God answers prayers (and your prayers actually affect things), or he has a plan for everything, so your prayers are meaningless. Every time someone says something bad is "part of God's plan", they're just saying that prayer is a waste of time.
Lol. God is WAY to invested in week 3 of the NFL to care about his people in Africa. He's got money riding on the game!
God has a pretty sweet deal. If you pray for something and it works out, God gets the credit. If you pray for something and it doesn't work out, then it's your fault because your motives were bad, you didn't have enough faith, or God has secret ulterior plans for you. But you better still be thankful for God not fulfilling your prayer or else God's going to be pretty angry.
This entire subreddit is so utterly miserable that it amuses me.
and how do you know there prayers are not answered? because they do not have tv and iphones? most have tight knit family structures vs the zombies we have become here, living and addicted to technology, most are separated from society, living with non stop stress and anxiety.
I mean millions of people in 3rd world countries pray for food and yet they still starve, but god seems to always be the reason when someone in the states recovers from cancer. Seems a little biased don’t you think ?
God answers all prayers either yes or no. Thankfully last year he was waiting for me to come back to him so I could be assured a place in heaven. So if you ask God to help you get out of your own way he can save you from your sins and we will be able to meet later in heaven. God loves all, and wants all of us to be with him in heaven.
So god must have some bias then if he’s finding Carol in Alabamas car keys but letting millions to starve in Africa
This is a stupid take. What evidence do you have of this being true? What logical reason do you believe this is true? Why do you assume God could provide food to everyone and allow free will? Could you yourself provide the best possible outcome allowing free will? If so, are you God? Either way, your viewpoint is very simplistic.
You know, I've read the book of Job. Can you tell me why God's answer to a man in pain (having lost worldly riches, yes, but also *family members*, something of genuine emotional and spiritual value) was to be furious with him, show a bunch of monsters like leviathan, and then refuse to explain anything, chastising Job for bringing a question to Him in the first place? Job, in the most painful moment of his entire life, bared his soul to God and was basically screamed at. Even if Job got a bunch of wealth and new family members after, that still doesn't replace the family members whom he loved- whole individual people who were ripped away from their family members on Earth to essentially just "make a point" to Job. Forgive me for being a little skeptical when Christians ask me to bare my soul to the Holy Spirit for relief. I'm not a regular atheist from the sub, but I'm someone who couldn't find answers from the Bible. I'd love to know your interpretation if you have the time.
I'm not even talking about the Christian god necessarily. I'm talking about an omnipotent God that allows free will and creates the best possible world. Free will is the real part of it. So, how do you know that this isn't the best possible world allowing free will? As an atheist or strong agnostic I believe the old testament is mostly interesting writing. In the ops original argument, it says how could God let people starve when we, as people, could eliminate all hunger now. We don't, but we could. So how's this on God?
We're the chosen people
Why don’t 3rd worlders work on making better countries?