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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
Dragonlich
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If this sufferring is the result of nature and man then it is needless, it will go unammended, it is likely to continue long into the future and those who deliberately exacerbate it will likely go unpunished.
But if this suffering is part of a divine plan then it is not needless, it will be compensated for, there will be an end to it and wrongdoers will pay for their sins - a final day of judgemement, resolution and recompense.
I would certainly prefer the second scenario to be true, even though I believe it is not.
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Ahh well it looks like you have gotten to the center of why you wish you could adopt Pascal's Wager. You want there to be justice and order in the universe, a noble wish indeed.
But I am confused about one thing. Ok so 'most' people reading this forum will never see the absolute drudgery of millions of peoples lives. But to refer to this missery as residing only in the developing world I think is a mistake. There are thousands and hundereds of thousands of people here in the US and Europe who live in miserable conditions. There are grave injustices underatken all of the time. I myself have seen these conditions and personally grew up in some of the worst. I too wished then as I do now that there was a God if for no other reason than to deliver justice upon an otherwise unjust world. But I came to the realization that there may not be such a God, and if this is true then it is up to us to insure that justice is served. Even if there is a God, we should not sit by when we observe injustices. We have a duty to ourselves and our fellow man to fight for what we believe is good and just in this world.