Why does God allow suffering?

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<p>I consider Wittgenstein Austrian. :)</p>

<p>I’m not a big Paine or Locke fan. I hate John Stuart Mill with a passion. That’s where I stand on things. Our different ideas seem to come from the different philosophers we revere. You seem a fan of Enlightenment thinkers (primarily French and British), while I adhere to 19th century Romantics (primarily German and Russian).</p>

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<p>Nice call. I’m a classical liberal, maybe more a consequentialist libertarian. Some more I like are Bastiat, David Ricardo, Jean Baptiste-say, and so on. The Austrians are my fave for economics by far.</p>

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<p>Because God isn’t real
BAM</p>

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<p>@ OP, we read this thing in my philosophy class by John Hick, and he postulated that if our world contained no suffering…</p>

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<p>i.e., an imperfect world is necessary for the existence of human creativity, and suffering often inspires the greatest of all works of art</p>

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<p>^Your school offers a philosophy class?</p>

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<p>Yes, but it’s only for seniors :P</p>

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<p>@CasaAtreides If Schadenfreude was a reference to Avenue Q, I may just be in love. That song has been the theme for several of my APs.</p>