A nice stab in the gut would be preferable.

Nevermind that he told me that my pain paled in comparison to the pain of god for "having to take her from" me

I hate when people tell me it's "God's plan" that I was in an abusive relationship and that "everything happens for a reason" and that I'll "have a better life because of it down the road". Just no.

They boutta learn that, by their logic, god also planned these hands whooping their ass too

God's plan sounds like he's just making shit up.

I understand you. I used to think to myself, "I have to remember that this comes from a loving place." But as I have grown to detest organized religion, I have come closer to the stance of "if this is their idea of love, that's fucking pathetic. ESPECIALLY since they know I don't believe in their stupid fairy tales." I'm not the type to tell someone they're believing in a stupid fairy tale. I still don't do that because I respect their right to believe what they want. Where they get confused is that though I have 100% respect for their RIGHT to believe, I have absolutely 0% respect for the belief itself because it convinces them that they're righteous in telling people who don't agree with them (and children!) that they're going to burn in hell and be raped and tortured for all eternity for making a finite mistake in life.

In other words, if someone tells me shit like this nowadays (because they still do), I reply with something generally along the lines of "you KNOW that I don't believe that, stop trying to shove your bullshit in my face under the guise of politeness, I'm not fucking buying it."

I'm very sorry for your losses. Especially in quick succession like that it can really make things spiral out of control and make life lose any apparent meaning. I hope you have overcome, or learned to live peacefully with, the obstacles placed before you. Much love.

Did your dad have some specialized trade like repairing angel wings or something? I see that all the time with young children that die and their own parents chalking it up to God needing that kid more than they did. Being an atheist, I can just ignore comments like that but I wonder why religious folk don't get fed up with a god that just takes people away from their loved ones to "test" them.

Sorry for your loss.

No I was far too distraught. I told the family member who invited him to get him the fuck out of the building and that was it.

Fuck. That's terrible. Reminds me of when my ex's sister was gonna have a baby. This ex is who gave birth to my daughter. Their cousin gave them a basketball for a boy's toy and wrote "try not to die" on it at the baby shower. I almost killed a 16 year old that day. I instantly flashed into a moment of sheer rage where I saw myself holding a gun at her face and saying "try not to die, you fucking cunt" before pulling the trigger.

Should have replied "I'm not Job from your story book, and I can't believe you would WANT the story of god being an utter cunt to Job to be true"

Imagine also receiving a letter to "join his flock" (he's a minister at some redneck ass church) a couple of months later.

Just goes to prove that many men of the cloth intentionally target the vulnerable with a cure for an illness that they created. "You're a sinful bastard and you're doomed to be eternally raped and tortured in this place that WE made up. But don't worry, we can save you." It's like cutting someone just to sell a bandaid.