: It provides the only opportunity for a "rebel soul" to amend and surrender. Difficult Topics
If you'd like to explore this further,g., from an atheist or alternate theological view) A list of his for a presentation C.S. Lewis on the Problem of Pain The Problem of Pain
C.S. Lewis’s The Problem of Pain (1940) provides a systematic theological and philosophical defense of God's goodness in a world full of suffering. The Central Dilemma : It provides the only opportunity for a
This environment must remain consistent even when choices lead to pain; otherwise, free will is an illusion. 2. The Meaning of Goodness Lewis’s The Problem of Pain (1940) provides a
Divine "Goodness" is not "mere kindness" or a desire for our comfort.
: Pain removes the "false sense of happiness" and self-sufficiency that keeps us from God.
: "God whispers to us in our pleasures... but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world" ( C.S. Lewis Institute ).