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When suffering makes religious comfort feel insulting

My cancer diagnosis has everyone telling me God has a plan but honestly that makes me more angry at God than the cancer does.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-meaning theological explanations for tragedy can increase rather than decrease spiritual alienation during crisis.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined faith — living deliberately within a tradition?”

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