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by _Lamanite
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...
by _Lamanite
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...
by _Lamanite
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!...
by _Lamanite
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...
by _Lamanite
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...
by _Lamanite
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
by _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...
by _Lamanite
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...
by _Lamanite
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!

Big UP!

Lamanite - HA!
by _Lamanite
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...