I have a similar story (I was baptized but remained a convinced atheist until the beginning of 11th grade) – all my prayers, in which I ask for something (but I never ask for the impossible!), come true... And in general, I can definitely say that prayer greatly improves my mental state... But I can also say that if it weren't for these and some other, which I'm sorry, I won't mention, religious experiences – I would be an atheist. So, I perfectly understand and respect your position,

P.S. – and luck really is a mystical thing! There's this game – Sacred, and I always get great items, but no runes, while my younger brother gets the opposite: always runes, but no good items :) It's always very strange to play together :)

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It wasn't God who came up with it. It's the devil's idea.

Yes, but God is all-powerful and infinitely stronger than the devil; therefore, hell exists with God's approval!
It seems to me that many people CREATE hell for themselves in THIS life. They invent so many problems for themselves, they get worked up, and as a result, they are very unhappy... And the worst thing is that this tendency to withdraw from the light, from the world – into oneself and one's sorrows and hatred – has a tendency to intensify... Often, a person cannot resolve these invented problems without the help of someone else...