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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 646291" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>I do believe in suffering as a necessary experience to have a full human life. I also believe in original sin, but more in the sense of who we people, related to human nature, are than as a reason for our suffering. I certainly do not believe that our suffering would be earned by bad deeds or our happiness or fortune being earned by being good. For those I blame pure, blind luck. I mean, I'm very fortunate person in many ways and I certainly know my good fortune is not earned so I assume neither is others'.</p><p></p><p>While it is impossible to understand why some people are given a life time of torture and suffering, and there are lots of people, who have very little anything good in their lives ever, and some, like me, get so darn lucky, I still don't believe it would be a good thing for human beings to avoid all suffering and grief. Not anymore than avoid happiness and joy. Not experiencing those feelings and situations would rob us from experiencing full humanity and life. And that would be a shame.</p><p></p><p>As far as background goes, I'm socially liberal, theologically old fashioned (all those solas and man being small and God being great, absolute no to any kind of faith decisions etc. made by men) Lutheran.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 646291, member: 14557"] I do believe in suffering as a necessary experience to have a full human life. I also believe in original sin, but more in the sense of who we people, related to human nature, are than as a reason for our suffering. I certainly do not believe that our suffering would be earned by bad deeds or our happiness or fortune being earned by being good. For those I blame pure, blind luck. I mean, I'm very fortunate person in many ways and I certainly know my good fortune is not earned so I assume neither is others'. While it is impossible to understand why some people are given a life time of torture and suffering, and there are lots of people, who have very little anything good in their lives ever, and some, like me, get so darn lucky, I still don't believe it would be a good thing for human beings to avoid all suffering and grief. Not anymore than avoid happiness and joy. Not experiencing those feelings and situations would rob us from experiencing full humanity and life. And that would be a shame. As far as background goes, I'm socially liberal, theologically old fashioned (all those solas and man being small and God being great, absolute no to any kind of faith decisions etc. made by men) Lutheran. [/QUOTE]
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