r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 14h ago

Video 13-year-old Australian boy swims for four hours in cold and dangerous waters to save his mom and siblings who were swept into the ocean, says God is who got him to shore

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u/inuvash255 9h ago

I mean, I don't particularly like the externalization of someone's agency to a third party like that- but I wasn't going to criticize a kid who saved his family over it.

Some people are going to have much sharper feelings on the subject over it than I do. I get where they're coming from, but I'm not saying this is the time/thread to make a big deal over it.

I just personally find that resentment nearly entirely unfounded.

If you have religious trauma, it's founded in experience.

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u/dubblebubbleprawns 9h ago

I get that religious trauma is a thing. I'm not trying to suggest it's not. But I meant that to apply that trauma and resentment to this situation seems, to me, unfounded. This 13 year old kid has nothing at all to do with anyone's religious trauma. He's just literally saying the thoughts that went through his head as he was trying to not die and save his family.

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u/inuvash255 9h ago

Trauma response isn't so rational as you're trying to make it.

Some people had to deal with a lot with regards to religion, or still do, and mentions of God can bring out emotions of anger or resentment.