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I think you missed the point. If the pain is to a higher purpose that in itself provides for a greater good (like riding a bike) then the net effect is a bette

by rgraham 15y ago

I think you missed the point. If the pain is to a higher purpose that in itself provides for a greater good (like riding a bike) then the net effect is a better world. The operative idea being that pain and struggle allow us to become better. God didn't relinquish free will here, but he can't or won't choose to make a shoddy world. It wouldn't be all-good or all-knowing. For a better explanation reference C.S. Lewis.

run4yourlives 15y ago
>then the net effect is a better world. A child riding a bike can only see the failure and difficulty of learning, not them winning the Tour de France. If we are all in the process of learning, would we even know a "better world" if we saw it, and is a "better world" the outcome that matters?