Any comforting reads on the problem of evil?
by mitquinn (2018-08-15 11:10:57)
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Cancer sucks.

Longtime friend and practically my sister, with four young children, one still breastfeeding. She lives in Italy but brings her family over every summer. We help host college exchange students she teaches ESL.

As we were coordinating the pick up and drop off of a recent exchange stay, she had increasing stomach pain and check into UCSF. I suggested in humor it was our terrible american food loaded with preservatives.

24 hours later: stage four pancreatic cancer.

38 years old. Just three weeks earlier, we were all partying at our high school reunion.

An absolute beautiful soul and gorgeous girl, now wonderful mother... my friend is dying on the inside.

I appreciate any prayers. Doctors are currently determining approvals for clinical trials. Good news is UCSF is the best place for treatment.

I’ve always found Thomas Merton’s analysis in The Seven...
by FL_Irish  (2018-08-15 11:30:59)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

...Storey Mountain comforting. Basically, the existence of evil/bad things doesn’t disprove the existence of God, it proves it. How else but through God’s grace do you explain the fact that we haven’t torn ourselves and each other completely to shreds. In the face of all the vicious ugliness throughout history there are still men and women who love, hope, become saints, etc.