tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post5742922302093887893..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: Reading Buehrens/Parker - What about suffering?David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-75368499950605711772012-12-06T22:44:12.872-05:002012-12-06T22:44:12.872-05:00it's a mystery or shit happens as they say or ...it's a mystery or shit happens as they say or better yet shit just happens or the one I really like is not why but why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-48035538648734624682012-12-06T20:36:16.792-05:002012-12-06T20:36:16.792-05:00Why do bad things happen to good people that's...Why do bad things happen to good people that's what I want to know. When tragedy strikes people want answers so what's the answer?Rebeccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-21637544727082803512012-12-06T17:57:33.088-05:002012-12-06T17:57:33.088-05:00Christians have their idea of sin which is eschewe...Christians have their idea of sin which is eschewed for the most part by more progressive religious folks and secular humanists. They seem to rely more on legalistic methods of defining things as being against the law and people then engaging in criminal or deviant behavior. It seems to be a social exchange model of "you do the crime, you do the time" and pay your debt back to humanity but if you can get away with it and don't get caught then it's all good as they say.<br /><br />I am guessing that UUs fall more into the secular legalistic camp rather than in more transcendent karmic explanations for the problem of good and evil.<br /><br />Universalists have preached that it is all good in the end and every body gets into heaven eventually no matter what. So the mistakes and abuse and injustice perpetrated on earth is somehow all forgiven and washed away in the end.<br /><br />I don't understand it to be honest with you, but I do not believe in a judgmental God but rather a more scientific, naturalistic explanation that behavior has consequences and shit happens. Not much I admit.Floydnoreply@blogger.com