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{{cquote|Is [[God]] absent in heaven? Has God become indifferent and cold like some men, who have totally destroyed their sense of feel, or is God suffering with the sufferers?  Mankind tries to deaden pain with drugs, alcohol, escapism, but if we attempt to deaden the pain we become indifferent and lose the ability to [[love]].  God is not an arbitrary force or blind fate of destiny who has no feelings.  God is love. Love has a cost — suffering. God cared so much about people's sufferings that He sent [[Jesus]] to suffer and die for mankind. Not only did Jesus suffer when He died, God suffered. Christ's suffering reveals a passionate and loving God.  For God to be man's redeemer, He had to be involved in Jesus' death. God made [[atonement]] and took away sin.<ref>Empowered for Life Success: Living in God's Grace, Truth, and Love, By Sue Earl. page 70-71</ref>}}

{{cquote|Is [[God]] absent in heaven? Has God become indifferent and cold like some men, who have totally destroyed their sense of feel, or is God suffering with the sufferers?  Mankind tries to deaden pain with drugs, alcohol, escapism, but if we attempt to deaden the pain we become indifferent and lose the ability to [[love]].  God is not an arbitrary force or blind fate of destiny who has no feelings.  God is love. Love has a cost — suffering. God cared so much about people's sufferings that He sent [[Jesus]] to suffer and die for mankind. Not only did Jesus suffer when He died, God suffered. Christ's suffering reveals a passionate and loving God.  For God to be man's redeemer, He had to be involved in Jesus' death. God made [[atonement]] and took away sin.<ref>Empowered for Life Success: Living in God's Grace, Truth, and Love, By Sue Earl. page 70-71</ref>}}

Australian online opinion writer and lecturer in ethics and philosophy at several Melbourne theological colleges, Bill Muehlenberg, in his essay ''The Unbearable Heaviness of Being (In a World Without God)'' wrote:

Australian online opinion writer and lecturer in ethics and philosophy at several Melbourne theological colleges, [[Bill Muehlenberg]], in his essay ''The Unbearable Heaviness of Being (In a World Without God)'' wrote:

{{cquote|Announcing, and believing, that God is dead has consequences. And it is we who suffer the most for it. We cannot bear the whole universe on our shoulders. We were not meant to. We must let God be God. Only then can men be men. Only then can we find the way forward to be possible, and the burdens not insurmountable.<ref>http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/05/26/the-unbearable-heaviness-of-being-in-a-world-without-god/</ref>}}

{{cquote|Announcing, and believing, that God is dead has consequences. And it is we who suffer the most for it. We cannot bear the whole universe on our shoulders. We were not meant to. We must let God be God. Only then can men be men. Only then can we find the way forward to be possible, and the burdens not insurmountable.<ref>http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/05/26/the-unbearable-heaviness-of-being-in-a-world-without-god/</ref>}}