In a message dated 7/13/99 10:14:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Are we far enought off topic yet?
>
>  > Why does God allow suffering was the question....
>
>  We lived with God before this life as spirits.
>  We could see that he was perfect and had a
>  winderfull physical body. (Yes, God is ressurected
>  and has a physical body.)
>  We wanted to become like him.
>  Since we were with him in heaven, we could not
>  understand what a great place heaven is since there
>  was nothing to compare it to.
>
>  Thus WE elected to come here to earth and suffer
>  all the "slings and arows of outrageous fortune"
>  so we could see what it is like.  After we die and are resurected
>  into a body like God's body is, then we will see eye-to-eye
>  and truly understand happiness.
>
>  God does not inflict us with suffering.  We chose it
>  for very good reasons.

NOBODY CHOOSES to have their baby shot in the head
by a gangsters bullets.

I am not EVEN going to touch the rest of this.  We have
DEFINITELY drifted TOO FAR OFF TOPIC.

>
>  You might as much ask why does anyone ever
>  go to a scarry movie?  Because the experience
>  is interesting and worhtwhile.  (Acually I don't
>  much like scary movies.)
>
>  R. Keene