*Mrs. Rose* regarding the God thread

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• Mrs.Rose member

  March 2011

  Thanks!  I will have to look into that.  I am still on a search for answers these days, and all perspectives truly interest me.

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  Carson Henry, born 39w, 2d, via emergency c/s due to no fetal movement and fetal distress.  Seizures, IVH grade 2, brain injury, kidney and liver damage.  Complete blood clot in the artery in his right arm.  27 days in the NICU.  Now discharged from all specialists, excepts his kidney doctor, who will monitor him indefinitely.  My tough little cookie.

  
  

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• Mrs.Rose member

  March 2011

  Is it 'The Problem of Pain'?

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  Carson Henry, born 39w, 2d, via emergency c/s due to no fetal movement and fetal distress.  Seizures, IVH grade 2, brain injury, kidney and liver damage.  Complete blood clot in the artery in his right arm.  27 days in the NICU.  Now discharged from all specialists, excepts his kidney doctor, who will monitor him indefinitely.  My tough little cookie.

  
  

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• MamaLBF

  March 2011

  Thank you for posting this. I have a friend whos sister passed and has since lost her faith because she doesnt understand why God let that happen. Im not good with words and stuggeled to explain my thoughts. I cant wait to read this and then maybe help her.

  

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• Mrs.Rose member

  March 2011

  Already downloaded on my Nook!

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  Carson Henry, born 39w, 2d, via emergency c/s due to no fetal movement and fetal distress.  Seizures, IVH grade 2, brain injury, kidney and liver damage.  Complete blood clot in the artery in his right arm.  27 days in the NICU.  Now discharged from all specialists, excepts his kidney doctor, who will monitor him indefinitely.  My tough little cookie.

  
  

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• mcc81

  March 2011

  Mrs.Rose:

  Is it 'The Problem of Pain'?

  Yes, sorry about that.

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• bstrangely

  March 2011

  mcc81:

  Hope you don't mind but I wanted to suggest a book that addresses your question of why God lets bad things happen.

  I went through a crisis of faith not nearly as difficult as yours but I did have questions and ended up reading "The Purpose of Pain" by C.S. Lewis. He does as good a job addressing this issue as anyone I've read. He wrote it during/after his wife died of cancer. I found it helpful it making sense of things.

  I'm by no means pusing it on you but thought you might be interested.

  I wish you and your DS the very best!

  you know, i haven't read the problem of pain, but from what little i know of it, i don't think it does a good job of explaining what happens to sick or dying children. i cannot ascribe a "rebel soul" to a premature infant who must have holes drilled in his head. i can't.

  also, he wrote the problem of pain 20 years before his wife's death. he wrote "a grief observed" after.

  https://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0032.html
  

  

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• mcc81

  March 2011

  Oops, for some reason I really thought it was after.
  It's not perfect by any means but for me it made a lot of sense because it's more involved then just simply the "rebel soul".

   To be honest I don't think there is a perfect explaination for why bad things happen, I think ultimately it comes down to faith that God has a reason for what happens even if we don't understand it.  For me this book did as good a job as any giving some explaination to it.

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• Mrs.Rose member

  March 2011

  bstrangely:

  mcc81:

  Hope you don't mind but I wanted to suggest a book that addresses your question of why God lets bad things happen.

  I went through a crisis of faith not nearly as difficult as yours but I did have questions and ended up reading "The Purpose of Pain" by C.S. Lewis. He does as good a job addressing this issue as anyone I've read. He wrote it during/after his wife died of cancer. I found it helpful it making sense of things.

  I'm by no means pusing it on you but thought you might be interested.

  I wish you and your DS the very best!

  you know, i haven't read the problem of pain, but from what little i know of it, i don't think it does a good job of explaining what happens to sick or dying children. i cannot ascribe a "rebel soul" to a premature infant who must have holes drilled in his head. i can't.

  also, he wrote the problem of pain 20 years before his wife's death. he wrote "a grief observed" after.

  https://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0032.html
  

  Might have to read that next.  We will see how much I like this one.  I think I am ultimately searching for someone to convince me that God exists, but I don't really think that will happen. 

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  Carson Henry, born 39w, 2d, via emergency c/s due to no fetal movement and fetal distress.  Seizures, IVH grade 2, brain injury, kidney and liver damage.  Complete blood clot in the artery in his right arm.  27 days in the NICU.  Now discharged from all specialists, excepts his kidney doctor, who will monitor him indefinitely.  My tough little cookie.

  
  

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  March 2011

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