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Suffering is a feature, not a bug, of Latter-day Saint life, says author Melissa Inouye
By Jana Riess — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — 'We want a world where God keeps us safe and none of us is gonna strike out or have problems,' Inouye said. 'But in Latter-day Saint theology, that is precisely the plan of Lucifer.'
God might be an underachiever
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 4, 2023
Rabbi Harold Kushner figured something out about God. Let's go one step further.
Harold Kushner was America’s rabbi
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 1, 2023
(RNS) — Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote the bestselling Jewish book of all time — with the possible exception of the Bible. His gentle wisdom helped and healed millions of people.
For the lockdown generation, prayer is merely code for inaction
By Bekah McNeel — September 20, 2022
(RNS) — Gun violence is in the air Americans breathe, and like air, I knew Texas’ response to what happened in Uvalde would be neither solid nor substantial.
Where are the condemnations of Harvey as God’s punishment?
By Kimberly Winston — August 29, 2017
(RNS) — As Harvey continues to pound Houston, why are the religious finger-waggers who said Hurricanes Sandy, Isaac and Katrina were God's punishment for gay marriage or abortion rights strangely silent?
3 people who see God working through Trump
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 17, 2017
(RNS) Anne Severance, Michael L. Brown and Corie Wilkins all believe God is at work through Donald Trump, but they have different view as to what end.
Did God choose Trump? What it means to believe in divine intervention
By Lauren Markoe — January 17, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) For some believers, a God who picks the president is a God close at hand. For skeptics, the belief can lead to catastrophic conclusions.
After crash, Hoboken residents ponder God and fate
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 30, 2016
HOBOKEN, N.J. (RNS) As investigators look into what caused a New Jersey commuter train crash, some residents of this New York suburb ponder what role God and fate play in such tragedies.
‘The Bible’ producers deny their Satan resembles Obama
By Caleb K. Bell — March 19, 2013
(RNS) The producers of History channel’s “The Bible” fended off claims Monday (March 18) that the actor who plays Satan in the miniseries resembles President Barack Obama.
In Newtown churches, many questions – and tears – but few answers
By Yamiche Alcindor — December 17, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) At houses of worship here, people gathered in pews, crying, kneeling and hugging each other through services that focused on remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, uniting the community, celebrating Christmas and preventing similar disasters.
Newtown shootings renew questions about evil and suffering
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 17, 2012
(RNS) "Oh, God!" That cry has echoed ever since news of the horrific Newtown school shootings. As the names of those who died are made known, that cry is followed by a question: Why? Why does God allow evil? By Cathy Lynn Grossman/ USA Today.
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