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When Bad Things Happen to Good People, written by Harold S.

Uploaded by love786 on May 04, 2006

Kushner, a Rabbi, tried to make sense of many of the traditional arguments of God’s existence and the reasons for some of the tragic events of the modern world. Overall, Kushner provides a usable argument for God as his idea rests on the fact that although God is not all-powerful, He is a God of love.
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 helps 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 gives us the strength to cope with it.”(127). Kushner makes many references to the bible and his belief in a higher power, “God”. Many people personally may not think there can be one and only one God but I do believe in a higher being or power and I like how Kushner makes sure to point out that he is not calling it the God but “his” God. It shows an almost non-biast opinion and it shows a lot of respect towards all groups of people.
I remember one time specifically when my grandma recently passed away I turned to God for answers. Instead of getting an answer, I got more problems. My grandma and grandma both had strokes, my best friend who is also my cousin got merry and is unhappy, my friend is going through an crisis with her family along with all of the other normal problems that go on in live that we, as humans, have learned to expect in everyday life. In the belief that I thought was that while God took one away, he renewed faith in another. At first, of course, I was...

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Date:   05/04/2006

Category:   Psychology

Length:   4 pages (969 words)

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