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Why Does God Allow Suffering?: What If We've Been Asking the Wrong Question? | Experience of the Soul | Ep. 417

The Soul Works Group Episode 417

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Why does God allow suffering? Cynthia Alice explores one of the most enduring spiritual questions and offers a perspective rooted in free will, personal responsibility, and a deeper understanding of God as presence rather than control. 

It's one of humanity's oldest spiritual questions, and one that continues to challenge people of every faith tradition.

In this episode, Cynthia explores a different perspective—one that moves beyond the image of God as a distant figure controlling events from afar and toward an understanding of God as a living presence available in every moment.

Along the way, she examines free will, personal responsibility, karma, and the role human consciousness plays in both creating and relieving suffering. What if the answer isn't found in asking why God allows suffering, but in discovering how we respond to it?

This conversation invites us to consider a deeper possibility: that healing the world begins with healing ourselves.

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Oh, God with George Burns

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