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From Human Choice: Apathy Hardness of Heart Greed Domestic Violence Child Abuse Drug Trafficking Genocide Racism
For believers in God, the big question becomes: “Why does God allow suffering?”
This question , and questions like it, run throughout the Bible.
The Book of Job in the Bible contains a well-known story about the mystery of why people suffer.
Job’s friends try to help him determine what he did wrong to cause his suffering.
Job innocence but his friends are unconvinced.
A commonly held notion is that God tests us with suffering.
The “test” explanation of suffering is cold comfort for someone who is grieving, and it makes God out to be mean.
The act of God is the courage to rebuild their lives after the hurricane and the rush of others to help them.