> watching good people die painfully and slowly is fairly destructive to blind faith in an allegedly benevolent god
How about the other way around? ... people surviving with all odds against them.
> [citation needed]
I think I just gave you one.
How about the other way around? ... people surviving with all odds against them.
> [citation needed]
I think I just gave you one.
The occasional lucky survivor does not somehow balance out the rest.
> people surviving with all odds against them.
Sometimes people survive when doctors think they won't. The human body is remarkably resilient. That makes it unlikely. Unlikely != miracle.