| 10 Reasons Why God Allows Suffering |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Sunday, May 15 2005 19:00 |
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A man stepped off the curb without looking and was struck by a passing car. Your child decided to experiment with a gay lifestyle. The doctor said, “We think your baby will be born with birth defects.” A man decides to leave his wife and two children for another woman. A man loses his job because he had one bad year in a bad market. A man deep in debt learns his binge spending is linked to the bipolar disorder with which he must learn to cope. A wife gets Alzheimer’s disease. For most of us, we can accept the suffering that is our own fault. And a lot of suffering is of our own making – we do something wrong, we make an error in judgment, we sin. But a lot of suffering seems random, meaningless, and undeserved. We cannot help but wonder, “What did I do to deserve this? If God loves me, why did he let this happen? Am I being punished?” The full article is available FREE to registered users. Please SIGN UP or LOGIN to view. |





