Why do we have to suffer?

Throughout this narrative of Finch, suffering is something that is lived with daily by the central character - a reality of life that is something we all can relate to at one point or another.

It might be a surprise to many, but Christianity is the only worldview that has an actual answer to the problem of evil and suffering.

Christians can attest that they serve a God who lived as a man on this earth and experienced temptation, torture, hunger, thirst, hatred and death. Due to the work of Jesus on the cross, the justice of God is manifested in his son.

The cross is a means of symbolising how much God cares about humanity's suffering.

A more profound conclusion is that we may never know the specific reason for our suffering, but that we can identify the God who understands the rationale behind the pain.

“If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more. Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot” - Job 9:33 (NIV)

This conversation starter came from the full review of the film Finch @ Reel Dialogue.