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Questions for Small Groups
1) Have you ever been told it was inappropriate to ask questions? What did that feel like?
2) Some say it is hard to ask questions in various environments because the people in charge will view you as a rebel. Do you think this is true? Have you been in this situation? How did you handle it?
3) How has faith and reason played a role in your own belief?
4) One of the hardest questions both Christians and non-Christians ask is, “Why does God allow suffering?” Another way to put this is, “How can I believe in a God who allows suffering?” Dostoyevsky implies in The Brothers Karamazov that God is actually found in the midst of suffering where acts of mercy and love are so profound. One of his characters finds God not through reason (another of his characters tries that and becomes cynical), but by the care given to those in their pain, an imitation of what Christ did for us on the cross. Do you think Dostoyevsky “answers” this age-old question? If so, how does he answer it, or at least partially answer it – through reason? Another way of asking and answering questions?
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By George CladisQuestions for Small Groups
1) Have you ever been told it was inappropriate to ask questions? What did that feel like?
2) Some say it is hard to ask questions in various environments because the people in charge will view you as a rebel. Do you think this is true? Have you been in this situation? How did you handle it?
3) How has faith and reason played a role in your own belief?
4) One of the hardest questions both Christians and non-Christians ask is, “Why does God allow suffering?” Another way to put this is, “How can I believe in a God who allows suffering?” Dostoyevsky implies in The Brothers Karamazov that God is actually found in the midst of suffering where acts of mercy and love are so profound. One of his characters finds God not through reason (another of his characters tries that and becomes cynical), but by the care given to those in their pain, an imitation of what Christ did for us on the cross. Do you think Dostoyevsky “answers” this age-old question? If so, how does he answer it, or at least partially answer it – through reason? Another way of asking and answering questions?