How do you feel about the my ideas on the purpose of suffering for some people who are religious?

[jennifer_bloom]

I believe one of the reasons I had a lot of problems when I was a child, aside from the fact that there were bad people in my life who caused my anguish and torment, is that God wanted to strip the lies I believed out of my soul and my pain was slowing deleting the lies I had become accustomed to believe were factually true.

I am speaking of moral lies here, not intellectual or scientific lies, I believe almost everyone if not everyone, believes some level of moral lie in their lives, cause if people did not believe any lies in their unconscious and subconscious mind, they would be perfect like God or His Angels and Prophets.

I am not saying I know the full truth and I am not saying I am close to knowing the full truth, but I would say I know the truth better now then I did before because my issues created a path to truth in my life for me that was not there before.

[Ariesman81]

I forget who said it, but there is a belief that the meaning of life is suffering.

I know in my case... pain has always been the motivator for change and growth.

[Ariesman81]

I'd be careful when calling them bad people, those that caused you torment and anguish, they very well might have been angels sent to teach you something you just didn't yet understand.

[Reddreams]

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

[SisterlyTwins]

My feelings, they are pretty mixed.

[DtMe89]

Noone should suffer, regardless