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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only persuasive answer I have heard (from my DH who grew up Catholic and also studied Buddhism) is that God allows suffering to teach us compassion and empathy. Only if you have experienced suffering can you relate to those who are presently suffering and do "good" things to help them. There is also the free will explanation (i.e., people choose to inflect suffering on others) but, to me, that is not fully persuasive. Free will does not account for things that are outside human control, like children dying of cancer or natural disasters. This question is THE major impediment to my faith. [b]Either God is all powerful and somewhat apathetic or sadistic to allow profound suffering, or God is not all powerful. [/b] Both things cannot be true. So I really, really struggle with this and don't have a good answer. [/quote] There's a third option: God does not exist.[/quote]
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