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Description: People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14. In the aftermath of such tragedies, many people ask how a benevolent God and suffering can coexist.
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Father James Martin
Jesuit
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Imam Jihad Turk
Islamic Center of Southern California
Bayan Claremont IslamicI draw instruction from that aspect of my own tradition that says, well, I have a responsibility as a human being, and in my case as a Jew, to look at what's broken in the world, to mend it and then using old Jewish language, to be a partner with God in completing the work of creation which is incomplete.
My name is Father James Martin. I'm a Jesuit priest and contributing editor at America magazine in New York City. For the Christian, suffering, violence and death are never the last word. We believe in eternal life. It does give people hope for those who were killed, for those who die, that they will be in God's eternal rest. And it also gives us the hope that we will meet them again. So suffering and death are not the only part of the story, and the resurrection shows us this.
Moreover, Father Martin says, God is not a theological abstraction. He is present in our suffering. He understands pain.
And I think you have to remember also that God's own son died a violent death. Jesus died horribly. So, but there is no easy answer. There is no adequate answer to this question which theologians call the mystery of evil.
Part of the paradox of theodicy is rooted in our very nature, says Imam Jihad Turk. He's religious adviser at the Islamic Center of Southern California and president of Bayan Claremont Islamic graduate school. | 
发表于 2016-8-2 11:34:47