The biggest challenge to my faith is the seeming randomness of everything.

Some are born into the lap of luxury while others are born into unspeakable misery. Wonderful people suffer unbelievable tragedy, while complete monsters live the life of Riley. King David also had these though when he would pen, "Why do the wicked prosper while the righteous perish.? " These things do no destroy my faith, and it is an age old question. I'm just saying it's the one thing that I haven't had a totally satisfactory answer about. Perhaps bloated skeleton in the horn of Africa goes to such bliss, that his or her afterlife is actually worth the suffering and misery they experience on earth.

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curiosi · 61-69, F

I've tried to make sense of it. For a long time I told myself that the pain purifies us and those that don't suffer remain angry toddlers all their life. The pain just intensifies and is seemingly never ending. My faith is in question these days as well.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@curiosi I wonder how many people we believe to have lived a charmed life from the time they were born till they died actually have had serious problems and struggles and just kept them well-hidden.

curiosi · 61-69, F

@cherokeepatti I have family members who live charmed lives. They refuse to suffer. They project, deny etc. My aunt completely destroyed her son's life because she wanted to be "taken care of". He ended up taking his own life. She shrugged it off and moved on to the other son.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@curiosi Your aunt sounds like a narcissist. But they are not happy people. They might have a lot of things & money but happiness is not what they have.