The Deepest Difference Between Religions Is Not

Life Ceases To Be So Oppressive: We Are Free To Give Our Own Lives Meaning And Purpose, Free To Redeem Our Suffering By Making Something Of It.

Faith Means Intense, Usually Confident, Belief That Is Not Based On Evidence Sufficient To Command Assent From Every Reasonable Person.

Here An Attempt Is Made To Explain Suffering: The Outcaste Of Traditional Hinduism Is Held To Deserve His Fetched Fate; It Is A Punishment For The Wrongs He Did In A Previous Life.

The Problem Of Suffering Is: Why Is There The Suffering We Know?

Thirdly, Even If We Assume That The World Is Governed By Purpose, We Need Only Add That This Purpose - Or, If There Are Several, At Least One Of Them - Is Not Especially Intent On Preventing Suffering, Whether It Is Indifferent To Suffering Or Actually Rejoices In It.