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This is a 5 page paper summarizing Harold Kushner’s “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” (1981). Harold Kushner’s “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” (1981) tells of Kushner’s own emotional and spiritual journey back to the belief of God after the death of his three year old son. Kushner, a Rabbi, tried to make sense of many of the traditional arguments of God’s existence and the reasons for some of the tragic events of the modern world. Overall, Kushner provides a usable argument for God as his idea rests on the fact that although God is not all powerful, He is a God of love. In addition, his argument also presents a case on the aspects of natural law in which moments of chaos create disasters which do not discriminate based on morality. While the reader may or may not agree with Kushner on the aspects of God’s power, the reader may find Kushner’s suggestions on how to deal with people who are dealing with grief and pain, as Kushner himself has experienced it first hand.
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of God after the death of his three year old son. Kushner, a Rabbi, tried to make sense of many of the traditional arguments of Gods existence and the reasons
for some of the tragic events of the modern world. Overall, Kushner provides a usable argument for God as his idea rests on the fact that although God is not
all powerful, He is a God of love. In addition, his argument also presents a case on the aspects of natural law in which moments of chaos create disasters which
do not discriminate based on morality. While the reader may or may not agree with Kushner on the aspects of Gods power, the reader may find Kushners suggestions on how
to deal with people who are dealing with grief and pain, as Kushner himself has experienced it first hand. The 1981 book "When
Bad Things Happen to Good People" by Harold Kushner was written in the aftermath of Kushners own mourning period over the death of his son Aaron from premature aging. Kushner,
who is a Rabbi, found that he questioned his faith during this time and wrote this book as a way for all people going through similar crisis to try and
find faith during their times of troubles (Kushner, 1981; Muder, 2002). In the Introduction to the book "Why I Wrote This Book" Kushner tells the reader that the book is
not meant to be an abstract book about God or theology but rather a personal account by someone who believes in God and the goodness of the world. He decided
to write the book for all of the people who had questioned their faith at one time and whose love for God had turned to anger or mistrust because of
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