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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt
Now... THAT is the real question
Not why did God create pain, not why did he create suffering, not why did he create painful deaths, not why did he create violence..
But WHY did he create hangnails?! 
When I read "Why did he.." I expected to read something really profound and inciteful |
The primary thing that we know about pain is that we do not like it (unless your a masochist and that's a different story), but what would our lives be like without it. Whether you're willing to realize it or not the pain and suffering that you've gone through or will go through is the greatest provider of true wisdom in your life, both on a pragmatic biological level and on an emotional level.
But we know we don't like it and many of us truly never get past that. We ask god "why?!?!?" There's pain to give contrast to joy and so we can internalize and grow through the lessons that rough periods in our life provide us with. Who hasn't gone through a traumatic experience and wound up a wiser more mature person as a result. It's true, as George s. Patton said "what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger"