One thing to think about if you have nothing left. Suffering is what happens on earth. I definitely can’t claim to explain it. I hope there is a reason for everything but when it comes to children especially it’s impossible to reason it away with someone completely innocent.
From my own experience and thoughts not related to children, if personally suffered in life I don’t want to blame God because logically if I suffer on earth for 70 years and get an infinity of peace after, that’s a good deal.
But I have not had a child die so I definitely will not claim to understand or explain that away flippantly.
I was trying to find a silver lining to explain suffering but I definitely agree with you there to not dismiss children suffering. You were right to counter that argument. I concede to that and made a correction.
If it were my kid I definitely would be right there with you. A child passing and suffering has got to be the hardest test of faith and I doubt I would hold onto the little faith I have if my child went through that.
Maybe child murder exists we could say because evil exists. It doesn’t justify anything but evil does seem to exist in people. I’ve had a small taste of it in my own life with certain people who only seem to want to cause misery.
I corrected my wording. Thanks.
Sorry again if I offended you. My original thought came from my own experience. But not with a child. My wife died from cancer at 34 and while it was horrible, it seemed she was able to reconcile with her family all the problems they had but it took her suffering for them to come together. She died young and we never had kids but I felt in the end it was for a greater purpose even though it left me alone and destroyed. So I try to think in terms of logical time. Infinity vs short blip on earth?
Again sorry I see your point. I had to reword that.
Cheers