[throw0101a]

> A possible explanation for what you've experienced can be found in the just-world hypothesis [0]

As a sub-class of that, see also the Prosperity Gospel:

> Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, or seed faith)[A] is a controversial religious belief among some Protestant Christians, who hold that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to religious causes will increase one's material wealth.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology

The Book of Job of course is a good counter-example:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ip4Jx92F94

[Balgair]

Job is a fantastic piece of Hebrew literature and a great look at an important question in religion: Why does bad happen to good people? I'd be hard pressed to find a better look into it.

Unfortunately, the KJ and NIV translations of Job are, well, almost incomprehensible. You have to read it a few times before you begin to grok it. If you are interested, the CEB translation is a lot more accessible for first time readers: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+1&version=C...

[hutzlibu]

"The Book of Job of course is a good counter-example:"

Or Jesus saying about the rich:

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"

Mark 10,25

[state_less]

"They claim their labours are to build a heaven yet their heaven is populated with horrors. Perhaps the world is not made. Perhaps nothing is made. A clock without a craftsman. It's too late. Always has been, always will be…too late." ― Alan Moore, Watchmen

Look to examples of people who give without expecting anything in return.

[blaser-waffle]

Sounds like Calvinism, but with bribery