“We have to distinguish pain from suffering. Pain is part of the human condition and comes from the Creator. Suffering is inflicted by human beings on themselves. Pain usually has an end point, while suffering can go on indefinitely. Pain is inevitable, while suffering is optional.” PainReligionSufferingSpiritualityLossGriefJudaismJewish Book:Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell Source: Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell
“If Kushner’s view is correct, then renounce the members of the clergy as charlatans and discard the prayer books as offering only a placebo when true medicine is required. Throw away the Psalms as dealing in falsehoods. Excise “Thank God” from our discourse. If we can’t appeal to Him to help us because He is incapable, why should we thank Him when things go right? There is a certain intellectual dishonesty to this.” GriefGrief And LossJudaismJewishJewish Question Book:Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell Source: Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell