Reply #: for one who believes in God and is not a Christian [View All]

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that your premise is that God is separate from humans, and has some sort of mechanism by which He causes or allows suffering. However, kindly realize this is only a concept of God, and one that is not shared by all, even some Christians.

If God is Everything, the Great Mystery that we can never truly comprehend, then perhaps the question to ask is what is truly the nature of suffering? Is it merely an emotional construct created by ourselves, based upon our belief systems? Is it a way to repay karmic debt, or somehow gain merit within our greater being? Or is it yet another way for That to experience completely all that can be experienced?