{"id":366,"date":"2017-11-01T00:20:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T23:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2017-10-31T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T18:38:13","slug":"everything-happen-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/everything-happen-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Everything Happen For A Reason?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fascinating case study – the relationship between James Costello<\/strong> and the nurse that treated him after the Boston Marathon bombing<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Boston Marathon bombing that took place on April 15, 2013<\/em>. James Costello<\/strong> was cheering on a friend near the finish line at the Boston Marathon when the bombs exploded, severely burning his arms and legs. During the months of surgery and rehabilitation that followed, Mr. Costello developed a relationship with one of his nurses, Krista D\u2019Agostino, and they soon became engaged.<\/p>\n

I now realize why I was involved in the tragedy. It was to meet my best friend, and the love of my life,\u201d says Costello.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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He is not the only one firmly holding on to this belief, we all do. People regularly do so for terrible incidents, positive and negative ones.<\/p>\n

This is typically religious, as many are of the belief that everything comes from God.<\/p>\n

In a research recently published in the journal Cognition<\/a>, people were asked to reflect on significant events from their own lives, such as the births of children, falling in love and the deaths of loved ones.<\/p>\n

Majority who are religious said they thought that these events happened for a reason that had been designed by God. Atheists also said they believed in fate, which states that life events happen for a reason which is being propelled by an order to life.<\/p>\n