I'm agnostic-atheist, so I can't speak for the people you're talking about, but it sounds more like their faith is shaken by the idea that god could put people through terrible things for seemingly no reason - it all just becomes more real when it happens to them.
It's completely natural - most people don't really obsess over safety until, say, they have a break-in. It's at that moment that other people's anecdotes become real, personal, and powerful to them.
Iin that the reasoning behind the loss of faith can make me rage?
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I'm agnostic-atheist, so I can't speak for the people you're talking about, but it sounds more like their faith is shaken by the idea that god could put people through terrible things for seemingly no reason - it all just becomes more real when it happens to them.
It's completely natural - most people don't really obsess over safety until, say, they have a break-in. It's at that moment that other people's anecdotes become real, personal, and powerful to them.