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Unfortunately for many people suffering weakens Emuna. I have heard a lecture about Iyov denying the World to Come and Resurrection.
A paradoxical case is when suffering causes a non-believer to return to G-d. I have read a blog of a Buddhist who became a monotheist (and thus a follower of the Seven Laws of Noach after a great misfortune.
I would say that many so-called believers are not as strong in their beliefs as their image projects. On the other hand, some people have emunah that has yet to be developed. It just takes something to bring it out.
It’s klar that HaShem gives yissurim to those He believes can handle them; suffering is seen in the Torah as something which increases faith and builds character.
RD- Hashem KNOWS what someone can handle…he doesn’t believe it.
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BB 16b
the rabeinu yona says that before a person is born, hashem asks him if he accepts his life challenges, and the person has a full choice, and the gan eden for such a person is undescribable… so we all chose our lives, they may be tough but it was our choice…
another sharp line heard from a chashuva person,
“where hashem puts a period, we don’t put a question mark”
I don’t see why this must be one or the other. For some people suffering strengthens faith while for others it weakens it. It probably depends on the personality and makeup of the person.
The Wolf
i didnt mean it that you can’t argue….
this quote was meant as a chizuk for after someone was niftar…. when Hashem decides to end something, we may not have questions. we have to realize its all for the best.
if you can argue with idols, then obviously then they have no power, so why would u be even tempted to worship something that has no power/ where would that get you?
Chutzpah klapei shamayim seems to be a pretty well-documented inyan to me.
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