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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Don't get me going! Coronavirus and God's love.
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The presence of suffering in the world is a big issue, but one Christians don’t shy away from, not least because central to our faith is God, incarnating himself as a man, born into a humble family in a country under military occupation, and eventually being tortured and executed in his mid-30s for suggesting people should be nice to one another.
The question “why does God allow suffering?” is huge. There are ways of approaching it, though no one complete answer everyone will agree on, not least because the question sets finite human minds the challenge of attempting to understand the motivation of a divine mind that is by definition infinite.
But: our confession that God in Jesus the Christ participates in human suffering is an immense source of comfort to Christians, especially at times like this.