When Bad Things Happen to Good People
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Reader: Harold S. KushnerEdition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2001-09-04
ISBN: 0394297784
Publisher: Random House Audio Dimensions
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Summary: 5 Stars
This book has helped me overcome the hurdles of hating God and hating myself. Rabbi Kushner offers the profoundly comforting insight that God may not be all-powerful, may not be able to prevent tragedy, and is neither punishing us nor abandoning us by allowing it. The rabbi postulates that God gave humanity free will and will not take back that gift in order to intervene in human evil. God set in motion a world of natural laws that operate apart from God's will. To some this might be a frightening message, but since I was at home with the notion that life is not fair and there is no justice, this theory frees me from the enormous burden of blaming either God or myself for the terrible tragedies that have come into my life and the lives of those closest to me. Rabbi Kushner reaffirms my belief that while suffering is terrible, it is possible to take a curse and turn it into a blessing by using what we learn about loss in order to alleviate the suffering of others. In that respect, this is a very life-affirming book.
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