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<blockquote data-quote="Endtime Survivors" data-source="post: 69560537" data-attributes="member: 386101"><p>If, by "rationalize all suffering as some kind of test", you mean that the people who cause the suffering are justified, then you'd be very far from my position.</p><p></p><p>Suffering happens because of the choices people make. I think God has a very strong interest in people not causing suffering to one another, but he can't (and I use the term within the context of what we humans are able to understand of this topic from our limited experience) force them to stop without breaking the integrity of free will. </p><p></p><p>Some people experience a great deal of suffering and they manage to work through it. Some people experience suffering and they become hardened and bitter. And then there is a whole spectrum in between. I don't know the experiences of each individual, but I do know that we are designed to overcome, learn, and grow. I think that can express itself in a million different ways depending on the individual and the circumstances. We are designed to exercise integrity, loyalty, faithfulness, justice, compassion and a whole list of other positive adjectives. The people who cause suffering make choices to stop seeking these things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Endtime Survivors, post: 69560537, member: 386101"] If, by "rationalize all suffering as some kind of test", you mean that the people who cause the suffering are justified, then you'd be very far from my position. Suffering happens because of the choices people make. I think God has a very strong interest in people not causing suffering to one another, but he can't (and I use the term within the context of what we humans are able to understand of this topic from our limited experience) force them to stop without breaking the integrity of free will. Some people experience a great deal of suffering and they manage to work through it. Some people experience suffering and they become hardened and bitter. And then there is a whole spectrum in between. I don't know the experiences of each individual, but I do know that we are designed to overcome, learn, and grow. I think that can express itself in a million different ways depending on the individual and the circumstances. We are designed to exercise integrity, loyalty, faithfulness, justice, compassion and a whole list of other positive adjectives. The people who cause suffering make choices to stop seeking these things. [/QUOTE]
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