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When traditional religious answers feel inadequate to life's questions

My teenage nephew asked me why God lets bad things happen and I gave him the standard Sikh explanation about karma and divine will but later I realized I do not believe my own answer.

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The role of spiritual guide reveals the poverty of inherited explanations when confronted with genuine suffering and doubt.

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