(November 4, 2014 at 4:43 pm)Beccs Wrote: Just look at the doctrine of "Mother" Theresa: Suffering is good and gets you closer to god.
That's the complete opposite to what I have had drummed into me professionally.
There are countless tales of "saints" taking suffering to the highest level. It's kind of a S&M thing really, predominantly in the Roman Catholic church.
I'm not even making fun of them. They've supressed their natural sexual urges and so they go for the whip. There has to be some outlet after all.