"When an innocent youth can have his eyes destroyed, a Christian should either lose his faith or consent to having his eyes destroyed." -from The Plague by Albert Camus
Camus' point is that we cannot put our faith in a God who allows suffering and not be willing to suffer ourselves. We cannot offer up platitiudes to those who are suffering. We must either refuse to follow a God who allows suffering or accept suffering as our lot as well.
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care to provide the context for taht quote...sounds a bit extreme
Camus' point is that we cannot put our faith in a God who allows suffering and not be willing to suffer ourselves. We cannot offer up platitiudes to those who are suffering. We must either refuse to follow a God who allows suffering or accept suffering as our lot as well.
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