QUESTION ONE How does the evil and suffering in the world align with the idea of a loving God? Introduction The most ancient and persistent objection to God’s existence is the problem of evil. How can a loving‚ powerful God allow so much evil and suffering in the world? Believers and nonbelievers alike must wrestle with this difficult question. Nonbelievers struggle with the atheist conclusion that morality is an illusory and ungrounded evolutionary artifact‚ in which case there may be no basis
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The Purpose Of Suffering: A Christian Perspective Submitted by Dannika001 on May 17‚ 2008 Category: Religion Words: 1579 | Pages: 7 Views: 285 Popularity Rank: 43‚930 Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper) The Purpose of Suffering: A Christian Perspective The concept of suffering plays an important role in Christianity‚ regarding such matters as moral conduct‚ spiritual advancement and ultimate destiny. Indeed an emphasis on suffering pervades the Gospel of
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Nice Student PHL 267 09/19/12 The reason for God- Timothy Keller “How could God Allow suffering” If God is good‚ why is there so much suffering and evil doing in the world today? Look at 9/11‚ why couldn’t God stop the terrorist’s from doing these awful things to our beautiful nation? At one point in our lives we all have experienced some sort of suffering‚ weather it may be the passing of a family member‚ getting robbed‚ not living in livable conditions‚ or just plain dislikes
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explored the concept of suffering in Briar Rose? The sufferings of individuals are the incidents of unfortunate events that traumatize and change the perspective on reality. In the novel‚ Briar Rose‚ Yolen bases the concept of suffering in reference to the Nazi regime (1939-1945). Yolen has created a bleak‚ inhumane past for certain charecters that are survivors from the mistreatment of the Nazi regime to share their first hand experience and highlight their continuous suffering. In the novel‚ Briar
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1. Describe a time when you experienced a significant period of suffering. How did you deal with that experience? How did you find comfort in the midst of suffering? - I recently suffered the loss of someone I love deeply. My great aunt‚ who had Down syndrome‚ had a great impact in my life and her death shocked me to the core. I grew up with her‚ having her as a friend and she being one of the most important persons in my life. When I was 15 years old I moved to a different city‚ but that didn’t
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Suffering has been described as‚ to undergo or to feel pain or to sustain injury or loss. When the lives of Gilgamesh‚ Enkidu and Job are placed one a comparative level‚ clearly on can see that they all suffered some loss or pain. When one examines further their loss or pain‚ evidently their suffering is placed on different levels as they differ in their intensity even though their suffering share some of the same characteristics. Therefore it can be argued that Gilgamesh‚ Enkidu and Job all suffered
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The Meaning of Suffering in Job and The Aeneid Chris Phillips Dr. Whalen Throughout Virgil’s Aeneid and Job from the Old Testament‚ great obstacles block the paths of the protagonists. Mental and physical‚ anguish is placed upon Job and Aeneas. Though both men suffer extreme pain‚ the extent and content of the tribulations are different. Job’s suffering is placed upon him without provocation. Aeneas also believes his ³pain [is] so great and unmerited!² (Virgil
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Through Suffering Comes Knowledge There’s a universal knowledge that through pain comes the strength to prevail. One must endure suffering to appreciate the joys and wisdoms of life. This same view is believed by the Greeks that one shall suffer to gain knowledge and wisdom. The trials the characters in the Iliad‚ Odyssey‚ and Oedipus‚ the King faced are what led Greek society to stand where it does today. The heroes all agonized in some form for their people to build their community and prevail
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heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself‚” there are a myriad of different meanings. Suffering is both physical and emotional‚ on the other hand the fear of suffering comes from the mind; intangible and anxiety producing. Fear feels completely undeniable; however‚ at the same time it is being falsified by pop culture as not everyone bears the same fears. In The Alchemist‚ Santiago was driven to travel through the suffering‚ whereas the fear of suffering tempted him to end
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The suffering of the people of Guernica. In Pablo Picasso’s mural Guernica which was created in 1937‚ he illustrates the effects of war and shows the suffering it brought to the people of Guernica. Picasso painted this mural after the German and Italian warplanes bombed Guernica during the Spanish Civil War‚ this mural is now recognized world-wide as an anti-war symbol and a symbol of peace. He uses only shades in this mural allowing no bold or bright colours inside the mural. Picasso uses cartoon
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