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- Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:37 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
Lamanite, Thank you for sharing your essay with us and asking for feedback. I wish I had the answer, but no one does, despite the pretentious claims of some. It's issues like this that, in my opinion, triggered one of my favorite quotes: It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:40 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
"Just have faith", seems insufficient for this issue.. It is sufficient for me (particularly when rightly coupled with gratitude))--though, that may be because I am not as sensitive to or focused on the ills of life. Thanks, -Wade Englund- I got sick to my stomach when I saw that you, who...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:09 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
I really appreciate the responses here. I tried the same thing at Mormon Dialogue http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/54698-the-problem-of-pain/ and didn't get quite what I was hoping for. Then again, I don't know that I was hoping for anything other than engaging in the dialectical process. Big UP!...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:16 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
I also always believed that people agreed to come down to their circumstances and stuff like that. When my step brother was a young boy he snuck a can of soup from the cupboard. Because of this his Mom stabbed him in the ear repeatedly with a high heel shoe until he became deaf. After that she held...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:10 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
OK. I am not able to work that into a believing LDS mindset, but I now see why you are more focused on #4. I also always believed that people agreed to come down to their circumstances and stuff like that. Chapel Mormons believe in a world wide flood, not me. It's a story. It never happened. The ge...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:46 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Nominations for Mod
- Replies: 68
- Views: 2971
Re: Nominations for Mod
Me Fool!
Big UP!
Lamanite
Big UP!
Lamanite
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:20 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
These situations could fall under the 3rd cause of pain where God develops a customized trial/learning experience whereby he can test us to see if we will be true and faithful to Him and our covenants. Rare is an understatement. "Innocent suffering" involves the needless affliction of tho...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:22 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
than why is it a problem for some random pain to occur? Maybe those are just supposed to be used as learning ops for those in pain and suffering. Maybe God is using them to teach others charity and sacrifice. These situations could fall under the 3rd cause of pain where God develops a customized tr...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:20 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
HI Cupcake! I hope the day finds you healthy and happy!
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Lamanite - HA!
Big UP!
Lamanite - HA!
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:19 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: Theodicy
- Replies: 96
- Views: 4467
Re: Theodicy
Because it's God's world. If we want to be consistent and honest with ourselves, we cannot praise God for his blessings and then turn around and shrug our shoulders an apparent injustice. It is God's world, after all.. I hear ya there. Doing as you say makes it appear to be doing what those at Rame...