We had a good discussion Sunday during meditation time. We seemed to agree that it is not God that makes bad things happen to good people. That it is just "the way life is." Amma Susan's sermon was quoted "God doesn't get you into it, but He will get you through it." There was some concern that the book was written by a Jewish Rabbi and was, therefore, not Christian, but as we searched for issues, we found a number of "Christian" points of view in the book. In discussing Chapter 3, we felt that we could hold all three propositions to be true - God is omnipotent, God is just, and some suffering people are good - if we realize that God chose not to control this world in order to give us free will. Much of the suffering in the world, we felt, was due to human error in the exercise of free will. That's what I remember. Let us know your views. +Tom
