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<blockquote data-quote="LoveMyGod" data-source="post: 70817606" data-attributes="member: 395132"><p>It is not paradoxical at all. I do not believe the issue of suffering to be one that deals in as much faith as you think it does. I am a father of three small children. My middle child is 4 years old and yesterday she became sick with a cold or virus of some kind. Her body started to fight the virus with fever and coughing and she was in a state of misery. As much as I love my daughter, I would not want to put an end to her suffering completely because I know that as she fights the virus her body is creating antibodies that will make her better not only now but in the future as well. If she goes on to have children of her own one day, she will also give those antibodies to her new born child. This is very similar to why God allows suffering for us. It is our failures that define our lives so much more than our successes. Suffering brings adversity that will shape who we are going to be not only today, but every day after. If God did not allow suffering, we would never truly come to appreciate the moments in this life that bring us such joy.</p><p></p><p>God himself sent his own son to suffer much more than any of us will ever suffer so that we may be saved from our sins. I'm not talking about the beatings and crucifixion. Jesus took on every sin from all time while on the cross while being removed from the God and father that he had been with since creation. There is not a greater suffering that I can think of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoveMyGod, post: 70817606, member: 395132"] It is not paradoxical at all. I do not believe the issue of suffering to be one that deals in as much faith as you think it does. I am a father of three small children. My middle child is 4 years old and yesterday she became sick with a cold or virus of some kind. Her body started to fight the virus with fever and coughing and she was in a state of misery. As much as I love my daughter, I would not want to put an end to her suffering completely because I know that as she fights the virus her body is creating antibodies that will make her better not only now but in the future as well. If she goes on to have children of her own one day, she will also give those antibodies to her new born child. This is very similar to why God allows suffering for us. It is our failures that define our lives so much more than our successes. Suffering brings adversity that will shape who we are going to be not only today, but every day after. If God did not allow suffering, we would never truly come to appreciate the moments in this life that bring us such joy. God himself sent his own son to suffer much more than any of us will ever suffer so that we may be saved from our sins. I'm not talking about the beatings and crucifixion. Jesus took on every sin from all time while on the cross while being removed from the God and father that he had been with since creation. There is not a greater suffering that I can think of. [/QUOTE]
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