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Kulak's avatar

Oh BTW, If you comment saying you agree or in defense of me, etc. THankyou. Sadly I probably won't "like" your comment unless you say something really unique or detailed... because the Algorithm semi-sorts by popularity and I save my boosts for comments I want to have back and forth and discussion upon... that I want the comment space to be for philosophical discussion, not just an echo chamber.

But especially works like this where I'm very plainly not making friends and will lose follower and income, those expressions of support/agreement do mean a lot to me.

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Emeline Diener's avatar

A devoutly Christian friend asked me to read the novel The Shack (2007) about how a father learns to forgive the man who kidnapped, raped and tortured and killed his. 7 year old daughter. The protagonist is invited by God to go spend the weekend in the little hut where the crime occurred, where he encounters all 3 persons of the Trinity. At one point of course he asks God: why did you let this happen? The reply is, “i was with your daughter through it all.”

IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE COMFORTING?

This book was wildly popular. The dad does forgive, and returns to his wife who had already done so. It made me so furiously angry.

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