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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The flip side is, what do atheist believe about such suffering? If you don't believe in God, then it is all just random and meaningless. For people who are deeply affected by suffering (and not everyone is), they either end up religious or they become depressed. [/quote]

Disabled atheist who thinks there is no intentional meaning in anything in this world. Errors in bodies like mine, accidents or sickness are mostly random (except when something is induced by carcinogens). War and poverty are caused by humans and we could put an end to those things if we acted collectively, but choose not to.   But suffering can make you more empathetic to others, so that’s at least one takeaway.

I am neither religious nor depressed. Life is what it is. Make the most of it. Change what you can. Don’t dwell on what you can’t. This is  from the pov of someone leading a relatively comfortable life outside a war zone. Harder for those in severe pain that can’t be lessened, those being bombed or who cannot escape poverty for whatever greater forces are out there.

If there were a god and an afterlife I would expect and hope that people who have suffered in this world would get to have the best that the afterlife has to offer to make up for their trials and tribulations, the first class accommodations if you will. Whereas those who have lead a charmed and pampered life would just get the basics. That of course is a very human notion. [/quote]

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