Anger at God

I struggle with understanding "anger at God." Especially from people who don't believe in God. 

That's kind of illogical, but it's actually a thing. 

Yet, perhaps anger at God, for a believer, says more than acquiescence to what happens to us, as if everything is His will and we are supposed to accept it.  

Questioning is fine. Doubt is not final. Deep disappointment is even necessary. It shows we are alive. 

But anger at God. Where does that come from? From a good place or a bad place? Anger is usually from expectation, so we need to question what we can expect from God. 

If one is angry at God, I would expect it should be reserved for the truly tragic events of life: sudden death of spouse or child, severe illness. 

But are we ever angry about the evil, the poverty, the murders, the oppression others endure? Or is all our anger from our own experience.We still have genocides on this planet, and it doesn't show up in the US news media because we want to know about foolishness.

Just some thoughts. Comments appreciated.

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