"the problem of pain" by CS Lewis

The Problem of Pain answers the universal question, "Why would an all-loving, all-knowing God allow people to experience pain and suffering?" Master Christian supporter C.S. Lewis asserts that pain is a problem because our predetermined, human minds selfishly believe that pain-free lives would prove that God loves us. In truth, by asking for this, we want God to love us less, not more, than he does. "Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting …

…be said about suffering is only a preamble to the Mystery of the Cross. Lewis's solution to "the problem of pain" prepares the intellect for a dive into the Mystery. Endnotes 1.<Tab/>C. S. Lewis: The Problem of Pain. 2.<Tab/>C. S. Lewis: A Grief Observed. 3.<Tab/>For a Christian analysis of suffering as mystery, see Peter Kreeft: Making Sense out of Suffering.