Posted March 9 2008
Is G-d Going to Kill Me?
Thursday night there was a terrorist attack at the Yeshiva Mercaz Harav. Many students were murdered. In light of that event I wanted to share a discussion I had with myself after September 11th:
“Why does G-d allow terrible suffering?”
“I can’t answer that question.”
“Why does G-d kill innocent people?”
“Again, I can’t answer that question.”
“Will G-d kill me?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t want to die!”
“Why don’t you want to die?”
“I’m afraid to die; I’m afraid of punishment, I’m afraid of nothingness, I’m afraid to be separated
from my loved ones, and I don’t want to be separated from my things.”
“If you are afraid of punishment, don’t do wrong things. (If you were truly afraid of punishment, you wouldn’t do wrong things.) If you are afraid of nothingness, you existed before you were born and you will be after you die. If you are afraid of being separated from your loved ones, your loved ones will not go away. If you don’t want to be separated from your things, don’t become attached to things.”
“Is it really that simple?”
“Yes, it is that simple. It isn’t easy, but it is simple.”
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