Whether we are believers or not, we continually acknowledge God’s existence and his concern with this simple, reflexive, one-word response to suffering: Why? Think back over the struggles you have encountered in your life. As you faced each one, wasn’t it almost inevitable that at some point you asked, “Why is this happening?” Whom were you asking? If you have an atheist or agnostic friend, listen to him the next time you’re riding in his car and he gets
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