[kosta50]

In order to justify and legitimize their own actions, people have created gods in their own image. That way, anything and everything they do in the name of their man-made god becomes a circular argument that satisfies the proponents.

Thus, when it comes to doing something they seem to know the mind of their god, but when something goes awry, or is clearly nonsensical, then it becomes a divine enigma that is not ours to understand. Conveniently.

[James C. Bennett]

Precisely.

Holier-than-thou-ism is also a powerful motive for religious-superstitious power-dominance-patronising fantasies. Tweak them a little, and the masks slip off.

[reasonisfaith]

This claim is quite meaningless without concrete examples.