When Bad Things Happen to Good People
There have been many times in life when I have turned to a “God” with problems and wanted answers or solutions and received nothing. When this happens I take the time to reflect and ask myself, “Why, when I do some many good things, do I not receive any answers or solutions to my problems?” The book When Bad Things Happen to Good People, written by Harold S. Kushner, has brought some answers to my problems. This book explained and help clarify why even though I am not a bad person, that sometimes bad things are bound to happen. When Kushner wrote this book I feel that the meaning of his writings were that God does not mean to punish us, he just means to test us and present us with problems and see how we react to them. As put best he wrote, “The God I believe in does not send us the problem; he give
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Kushner also had a good point in saying that, “Could it be that God does not cause bad things that happen to us?. It showed me that perhaps God has given me the strength to move on and realize that everything will go on and how to cope with everything. I thought that Kushner did a good job of not offending me in the fact that he had a wider opinion on God and his beliefs and not being narrow-minded about the fact that people are different in their opinions. This book gave me a lot of insight on life and what everything means to me and what I should expect with life. Instead of getting an answer I got more problems. but rather stands ready to help them?”(29-30). It shows an almost non-biast opinion and it shows a lot of respect towards all groups of people. Even though I do not believe in the same God as Kushner, I still believe that there is a more powerful being up there watching over us and making sure that we are ready to experience an enlightening afterlife.
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