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What about aggressive childhood leukaemia? Why does God do that? Genuinely curious to understand.

• jeffcox 10y ago
  People enthralled by mysticism will find a dozen explanations for everything that contradicts their beliefs.
• azinman2 10y ago
  "God works in mysterious ways" (as does the flying spaghetti monster, the tooth fairy and santa)
• benjohnson 10y ago
  Let's make the question as hard as possible: The child dies a lingering, painful death and the child despairs. The annoying bit is that the Christian answer to this question sucks from a rational viewpoint - we humans cry out for our own justice against this God that allows such suffering. Just be mindful before you assume that Christians are completely crazy, that for from our viewpoint God suffers as well - not only does he love this child, but he also died for this child - in order that all of us could be drawn to him. The Christian term for this suffering is his "passion" - in that he longs to be with each and every one of us as an individual.
  • visakanv 10y ago
    So does that... God is some sort of... sadomasochist? (I'm sorry if that sounds insensitive, I'm really just trying to understand.)
    • benjohnson 10y ago
      Good question! It really seems that from our viewpoint is would seem so! The Christian viewpoint is that suffering will be redeemed - God promises us that he will "wipe away every tear from their eyes" (Revelation of St. John 21:4) As Christians, one of the problems that we create is that we try to make all "make sense." We can't - because we don't have the full picture. As such, I have to apologize that my answer for the problem of evil isn't satisfactory. Here's a good overview from a theological and rational viewpoint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_all_possible_worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_all_possible_worlds