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Episode 206: Angel Chasing (Ted Chiang's "Hell is the Absence of God")

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Isn't He the Prophet of Ecclesiastes?

i was thinking, so, because i'm teaching ecclesiastes, i listened to our episode on Ecclesiastes. If i could get any thoughts, which was a good episode, say about it now. But there is a question then. So if we don't want this to be an anti christian screed, and maybe we don't wants to think that everybody who experiences what neil experienced is just a washed simp for god, then what are people supposed to be grateful for? The fact that we're even asking these questions is because of god. It's not that god is always doing what's best for us. Even if suffering happens, thereis divine purpose

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