When Bad Things Happen to Good People
by Harold S. Kushner
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Author: Harold S. KushnerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-24
ISBN: 1400034728
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Anchor
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Summary: 2 Stars
Rabbi Kushner is a fantastic communicator, and this book does not disappoint in that respect. The problem I have is with Kushner's solution to the problem of evil. He resorts to Aristotle's view of viewing God as impotent. This contradicts the Kalam Cosmological Argument as well as the Ontological Argument for the existence of God. It also contradicts many passages in the Tanakh.
Jeremiah 32:27 "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Genesis 18:13-14 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' (14) Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."
The book may be comforting, but it is unbiblical, and it offers little hope that God will one day overcome evil.
Summary of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When Harold Kushner's three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life's most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. Often imitated but never superseded, When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a classic that offers clear thinking and consolation in times of sorrow.Since its original publication in 1981, When Bad Things Happen to Good People has brought solace and hope to millions of readers and its author has become a nationally known spiritual leader.
Rarely does a book come along that tackles a perennially difficult human issue with such clarity and intelligence. Harold Kushner, a Jewish rabbi facing his own child's fatal illness, deftly guides us through the inadequacies of the traditional answers to the problem of evil, then provides a uniquely practical and compassionate answer that has appealed to millions of readers across all religious creeds. Remarkable for its intensely relevant real-life examples and its fluid prose, this book cannot go unread by anyone who has ever been troubled by the question, "Why me?"
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