Isn't it obvious ? She has either not been convinced of the absurdity of her position, or does not want to be. Or, she is too stupid to understand the difference.
May I say, some of that seems to run in the family if you think Israel is the 'good guy' over there. Before anyone starts, no I am not saying anything about religion ( ie no, Muslims are not the good guys ). I don't give a shit if some old book said they are entitled to that land.
A group of people invaded a piece of land, killed or ran off most of the people living there, then spent the next few decades slowly stealing more land and killing off yet more of the people. The 'excuse' they use for this evil behaviour is some of their people were killed off before hand so they have a right to do it. Also that 'God' gave them the ok.

If you think Israel "needs help..from their numerous enemies and critics" you are completely insane.

Bravo on the new car. Sounds like you are a hard working guy and you deserve it!

This is an interesting question, and more complex than some admit (@shiningone). As a theist, I still have some gaps in my understanding of this. I do think there is the obvious notion of "confirmation bias", as some suggest. This also means people use these phrases to emotionally uplift them out of bad situations. Another reason is that a big part of living as a Christian is to reduce personal pride and increase personal humility. Attributing good things that we seemingly do on our own to the grace of God, is a practice that does exactly that. It reminds us to not get carried away with pride. Is this such a bad thing?

I do believe though, that God does intervene to help us. But I believe the "tragedies" we experience in our lives come from two ends. Some come from our own poor decisions, and others are allowed by God in order for us to gain wisdom and virtue through the way we overcome such "tragedies". I think of Job. He was a wealthy, popular, loved man. God allowed the devil to destroy everything he owned, loved, including his own physical body. In response, Job said (paraphrased) God gave all this to me, He can take it away. This is a lesson for us. Kind of hypocritical to allow the good things to come, but then curse God when evil comes.

Anyway, off point. Here is an honest anecdote I've experienced in my own life.

After my wife and I decided we were ready to start trying for a family, we found it to be more difficult that previously thought. A year went by with so much sex, it began to feel like a chore. Then we began thinking, "What if we can't physically have children?" We were devastated at the thought, because we both always dreamed of a big family. I remember we were so upset about it, we both wept during confession with the priest. He told us we are doing everything we can, the rest is up to God. This brought some comfort, and reminded us to have patience. Well wouldn't you know, my wife found out later that she was pregnant during the confession and didn't even know it! We were overjoyed. Ten weeks later, we lost the baby. We went from being on top of the moon, to devastation. How could this happen?! Why would God give us a baby, and then take it away? My non-religious family members explained how it "was better for us, because that means the baby wasn't viable, or it would be born with some kind of genetic condition." This is true, of course, but it wasn't comforting. My wife and I saw it differently. It was a way for God to both provide us with emotional comfort, showing us that we CAN conceive children, but at the same time showing us that we weren't ready to provide for children, emotionally or physically. As time went on, this was only confirmed. Family issues, financial strain, job layoffs, and disagreements in the relationship were all around us. Having a child would have amplified all of these hardships.
Six months later, we were doing much better. All of those things were sorted out. And soon after, my wife gave birth to the healthiest and happiest baby girl I've ever met. She will be 2 in March. After she was born, I was excited to try again. She got pregnant again, 3 months later! That would have put their birthday's less than a year apart. I was excited, but my wife was anxious. The first was was so difficult, how can we throw another into the mix? Ten weeks later, my wife miscarried again. The next 8 months were extremely difficult as we tried to raise our first little girl. She started walking at 10 months old, and has never slowed down. If we had another one at that time, we could have sunk. Eventually, our daughter calmed down, slept better, and is overall a wonderful joy. Now that the waters have calmed, we will be expecting our second (little boy) in a month! You see, my point is through our struggle to have children, we have experienced both joy and sadness. We attribute both to the grace of God, because even when we thought we were ready, God knew we weren't (All-knowing, of course). Even through the sadness, we understood it was better for us, and we simultaneously received comfort of knowing we had nothing to worry about.

There are many ways to see the world, and I don't think there is anything wrong with the way your mother sees things; in fact, I think it is beautiful.

HumbleThinker: "But I believe the "tragedies" we experience in our lives come from two ends. Some come from our own poor decisions, and others are allowed by God in order for us to gain wisdom and virtue through the way we overcome such "tragedies". I think of Job."

Thanks for lesson in how horrible of an immoral monster you worship.

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