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nishtdayngesheft,
So apparently someone does not believe In hashgocha pratis.
I didn’t assume that from zahavasdad’s post, but your point brought an interesting question to my mind. I’ve learned that in some cases, when a plague was unleashed, the destruction caused was, from our perspective at least, indiscriminate, meaning that both reshaim and tzadikkim in its path would both face danger from it. On the other hand, when the officers declare that those who have started but not completed the acts of building a house, redeeming a vineyard, and marrying a woman should depart, the officer continues and says that those who are fearful should leave. Rashi, quoting R’ Yose the Galilean, comments that the fearful man’s fear arises from knowing that he has sinned and may not merit divine protection, so he leaves with the others, so that other soldiers do not recognize him as a sinner. This presumes that the weapons of heated battle do not cause indiscriminate death.