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How does Christianity explain suffering that ends in death?
Does suffering in this life really matter?
How can suffering from natural causes be reconciled with an omnimax god?
Both answers above contain the major theme of God refining us, making us more like ...
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How do you know if you are under a trial or if you are just suffering?
Hypothetically, if you are going through a painful situation:
Is it because God is trying to grow you/redirect you?
Or is it a result of sinful actions?
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Did Jesus suffer on the Cross in all possible senses?
I have read that it's more or less accepted that Jesus did suffer on the cross.
What I do not understand is whether or not He suffered all possible sufferings.
Imagine a war hero captured and ...
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Apologetic on suffering using a reference to Jesus [duplicate]
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How to answer “Why does evil and suffering exist?”
Doing some study at the moment, one of the questions has provoked a few thoughts between me and my wife but we have no ...
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Are Christians supposed to suffer?
Consider the following scriptures:
James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let ...
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Does suffering in this life really matter?
So, recently I had the thought: suffering is irrelevant. I arrived at this conclusion using the idea of limits in Math.
Say that suffering could be measured in units as a function of time (frowns ...
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What do Christians mean by “Jesus took our illnesses upon himself on the cross” and why?
Having a bit of holiday over Christmas and New Year I'm going over some notes I've made of topics I want to look at.
One such question regards the use of terminology such as "Jesus took our illnesses ...
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How can suffering from natural causes be reconciled with an omnimax god?
The christian god is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent according to all christian denominations I know of. These attributes seem to be contradicted by all the suffering we observe here on ...
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Why are some people born into famine and starvation?
I was raised Christadelphian, and after 17 years of education and reading the bible, I dismissed my faith and left the church. One of my main reasons for turning my back on God was this.
Why is it ...
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How to answer “Why do evil and suffering exist?”
I believe that evil exists because God gave us free will. Adam and Eve disobeyed God. Because of this The Fall of man happened and drew us away from God. Suffering exists not only because God can ...
