(April 1, 2015 at 12:20 pm)Lek Wrote: Good has come from suffering in my and others lives. Often it strengthens us and makes us better people. Suffering is painful, but not necessarily evil. Since you're obviously not a christian, do you accept suffering attributed to this world as just part of life? Why is it so hard to accept that God would make it this way?
I'm gonna call bullshit on good coming from suffering in people's lives. That's what the typical Xian would respond with because of the immense amount of brainwashing by some sky daddy's minions. I was abused as a child. In two different ways. So please tell me... in what REALITY is suffering as a child, at the hands of an abuser, GOOD?
So tired of hearing this crap of suffering makes you a stronger and better person. No it doesn't. Just because a person survived their suffering, doesn't mean they became stronger as a result. It just means that what they suffered from didn't kill them. You are still the same person you were before the suffering. You just didn't die from it. Maybe you walked away from the experience thinking differently or knowing something you didn't know before, but that doesn't generally make you a stronger or better person. It just changes your perception of things and how you, from that moment on out, will handle things in a different way and what you will or will not allow yourself to be subjected to.
Good call on the fact that I'm not a Xian. People suffer in this world still today. Unnecessarily so. Starvation, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes... all of which impact people who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. To use the word "attributed" means past tense, means it no longer happens, which isn't the case, as suffering still occurs, in the here and now.
As to your last question: What I'm trying to make a point of saying is that IF there is a sky daddy, given all his "supposed" powers, IF he was a loving god, as many Xians tout he is, then he would HAVE the power to make it so that there wouldn't be any suffering here. Clearly Xians believe god is good so it only goes without saying that if he is really as good and as loving as he is being portrayed, he is fickle and he has favorites. Why is it so hard for you to accept that line of thinking?
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
