tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post607665013549613848..comments2023-10-30T07:39:04.857-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?: Angry With G-dJack Steinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-19360379597611663242008-07-23T22:02:00.000-07:002008-07-23T22:02:00.000-07:00Hi Judi,That is quite a story.Hi Judi,<BR/><BR/>That is quite a story.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-78795792625197888362008-07-23T15:10:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:10:00.000-07:00Jack, I read your post with a great deal of empath...Jack, I read your post with a great deal of empathy. Coincidentally, July 21 was the 13th anniversary of the day that an incredible medical team kept my son and I alive so he could be born and I could see him. My grandfather held on long enough to kvell at his bris before he, himself passed away. On Saturday, we celebrate my son's Bar Mitzvah. When I try to fit my feelings about God into this equation, I find I just can't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-34791059133049176732008-07-23T09:21:00.000-07:002008-07-23T09:21:00.000-07:00Hi Elie,I have been trying to formulate an appropr...Hi Elie,<BR/><BR/>I have been trying to formulate an appropriate response. I understand the how and why of what you said.<BR/><BR/>But I still find it hard to process.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-41808191200256824762008-07-22T10:18:00.000-07:002008-07-22T10:18:00.000-07:00Jack:Thanks for a very moving and powerful post. ...Jack:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a very moving and powerful post. I respect your perspective even though I tend towards a different conclusion. <BR/><BR/>Like you, I do find it terribly painful and frustrating to not be able to understand why such horrible things happen to those who don't deserve them. But I don't feel the concept of a Divine plan beyond our comprehension is a "cop out... a weak excuse" as you dismissively state. Rather, I accept that God's essence is infinitely beyond human ability to assimilate, and thus by the same token, His plan for the world is also inherently inscrutable. In fact, I kind of feel that any less transcendent a God wouldn't be worth believing in, let along worshiping.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't mean that "yelling at God" is sinful or pointless. If it helps us bear the burdens we are give, I think it can be helpful and cathartic. In fact, maybe sometimes God *wants* us to yell.Eliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979263918394127210noreply@blogger.com