RE: How can a god, that apparently loves everyone, allow this kind of thing to happen?
October 24, 2013 at 4:51 pm
Thanks. I thought it was me, but I couldn't find it.
If it was as simple as self-sacrifice and generosity existing because they are noble, wouldn't suffering have to exist in heaven for those things to exist, too?
John V Wrote:One has suffering, but also has compassion, generosity, self-sacrifice, etc. - qualities which most consider to be good and noble.
The other has no suffering, but neither does it have these good and noble qualities.
It's a matter of opinion as to which one, if either, is better.
If it was as simple as self-sacrifice and generosity existing because they are noble, wouldn't suffering have to exist in heaven for those things to exist, too?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
