Not exact matches
In response to a world that thinks sufferers require simply a positive attitude to help them in their dire situation, Farmer seeks to offer fresh insights into the mystery of sufferin
In response to a
world that thinks sufferers
require simply a positive attitude to help them
in their dire situation, Farmer seeks to offer fresh insights into the mystery of sufferin
in their dire situation, Farmer seeks to offer fresh insights into the mystery of
suffering.
It is this platonic theme which devaluates the
world of creatures and
requires that we love the creatures only for the sake of a perfection which
in no way
suffers or is moved.
It may seem somewhat trite to invoke the freedom of creation as part of the works and ends of divine love, or to argue that the highest good of the creature — divinizing union with God
in love —
requires a realm of «secondary causality»
in which the rational wills of God's creatures are at liberty; nonetheless, whether the traditional explanations of how sin and death have been set loose
in the
world satisfy one or not, they certainly render the claim that an omnipotent and good God would never allow unjust
suffering simply vacuous.
Resist him, firm
in your faith, knowing that the same experience of
suffering is
required of your brotherhood throughout the
world.
As you're aware, God
requires a certain amount of faith to accept; no concrete evidence one way or another,
suffering in the
world, all that jazz.
Again the creation of mature persons
requires a
world in which there are serious moral choices with serious consequences, some of which imply that innocent people will
suffer.
What is clear is that desperate poverty still exists
in Scotland today, which
requires a response alongside that of the vital care that is needed for those
suffering in so many other parts of the
world.