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Originally Posted by davidmash
Not quite. The implication I got from his statement is that all hardships are equal (they are not) and that your god does not give someone more than they can bear (it does). This is not a one up, tit for tat. He is saying that he experienced hardship. I am merely pointing out that there are tens of thousands if not tens of millions who would gladly exchange their hardships for his.
There are days when I think my life sucks. All I h ave to do is think of what my family went through to realize that my life definitely does not suck in the slightest. May not be what I want, but it certainly does not suck.
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Well, my bad for misunderstanding your comments. And yes, of course getting a parking ticket is far different than other hardships so to speak. Makes little point in trying to rank them, however, since that parking ticket may be a major issue or major consequence for one and not the other. God certainly knows the boundries of what I or you can bear, and He certainly tests us. What is the value of a test if the questions are too easy. Robert Nozick has a nice short story which I am thinking is what Martureo is trying to communicate. I could certainly be wrong as to what he is trying to communicate also. Personally, all the worldly harships ultimately fade into obsurity as Jesus provided to all of us his Peace. John 14:27. Robert Nozick's "Fiction" appeared in
Ploughshares, vol. 6, no. 3, Fall 1980. Copyright © 1980 by
Ploughshares. Its a good read since I know you don't care for the Bible. It might be uplifting in a secular sense.
07-09-2013, 05:15 PM
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