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When your work exposes you to suffering that challenges belief in God

I work in cancer research and see so much suffering that I can't reconcile with the idea of a loving God but I'm terrified of what it means if there isn't one.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional witness to pain can systematically erode faith while simultaneously intensifying the need for meaning.

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