Suffering
Suffering is "physical or mental pain that a person or animal is feeling".[1]
Suffering and Christianity
See also: Fall of man and Problem of evil and Theodicy
Between 5 to 7 billion Bibles have been published.
The Fall of man is the Judeo-Christian theological concept that mankind and the universe existed in a perfect and ideal state prior to a 'fall' triggered by the actions of Adam. In this state, death and suffering did not exist - Adam and Eve were, for practical purposes, immortal - as were all animals. Predation did not occur - animals that are now carnivorous existed solely on a diet of plants.
Saint Paul wrote: "And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us." - Romans 5: 3-4 (NRSV)
Bible verses on suffering:
- Bible verses on suffering, Dailyverses.net
- Bible versus on suffering, Biblestudytools.com
- Suffering, Openbible.info
Articles:
- What Does the Bible Say about Suffering?, Christianity.com
- Called to Suffer, Ligonier Ministries
Suffering and Buddhism
As far as Buddhism, (Sanskrit duḥkha), or pain in one sense, is the first of the Four Noble Truths.
Alternative Translations of the Sanskrit work "Duhkha":
- frustration
- stress (Jon Kabat-Zin)
Other concepts:
References
- ↑ Suffering, Cambridge dictionary
- ↑ The Bible is the best selling book of all time, Guinness Book of Word Record
