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That’s not how the rambam is understood; in yad hilchos taanis, he says that when people attribute suffering to mikra or teva, they are “cruel”. Also chazal say openly that one does not stub their toe without it being announced min hashomayim.
The online presentation about hashgocha is very, very deceptive… Everyone agrees that nothing happens without it being caused, whether directly or indirectly, by Hashem, as there is no power besides him, no reality besides him either…
What the rambam in moreh means is explained to mean that he doesn’t sense or realize that it’s from Hashem, mitzad him it is nature.. it appears to a regular person that he is at the mercy of teva because he is not trusting Hashem… Hashem will deliver him into the hands of what he believes in. Special nissim on a constant basis, like by Avrohom, were only for tzadikim who by them everything was hashgocha, so Hashem reveals himself to him more palpably.
Hashem is called the boreh umanhig es kol habruim, he leads all the creations.