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CMV: Praying/thanking god for food/water/shelter etc is stupid

I am not at the point whether god exists or not, lets say he does exist:

Thanking for these things is stupid because youre essentially thanking the source of the problem for solving that problem. 

Let me put it into other words: 

Say i purposely start a fire in a building, and i save people. Now if you were one of those people and you do know that i started the fire, would you thank me for saving you? I bet no.

Its really the same scenario. The reason you need food/water/shelter is god himself. He created problems like hunger, thirst, need for shelter etc and you thank him for solving those. It doesnt make any sense.

Its stupid.

Change my view.
gpt
You're definitely missing the point.  It's more about meditating on the concept of gratitude in general than thanking any specific entity.  People take a lot of the comforts and conveniences of modern life for granted, and rituals like prayer are a good way to be reminded of all the nice things we have.