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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RE: suffering, which is a frequent reason people express that they become an atheist

Everybody goes through really bad experiences in their life.  Being a Christian is supposed to better equip you to handle the ugliness in the world.  It is not magic fairy dust that will make all your problems go away.

For some people, this just doesn't work.  And that's fine.  If belief in God gives you no comfort or guidance in life, it's probably not for you.  And that's ok.

But a lot of atheists on this board seem to believe that Christians think God is some sort of failed Santa and that the mere existence of suffering means there is no God.  This is not as sophisticated an argument as you think it is, guys.  The world can be an awful place, but in the context of eternity (which is what Christians believe in, an infinite period of time), our problems, no matter how terrible they feel to us, are very small.  Christ defeated death, and we believe that the afterlife has no pain, suffering, or mourning.

So why would God create this world that is so imperfect, and that we live in right now?  I don't know.  I don't know why the conditions of this world, which include suffering and free will, exist.  Why am I suffering? is not really my personal focus.  How can I be more like Jesus? is my focus.[/quote]

Our physical life on earth is a very minor step in our spiritual evolution. It's not god's fault someone stubbornly refuses to understand the lessons they're supposed to learn[/quote]

This assumes a belief in "spiritual evolution" and that there is a god who is trying to teach us lessons during our time on earth - and that people who don't get it are stubborn.[/quote]

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