Originally posted by whodeyPain is evolutions way of telling you not to do something. It is very effective. Just look at examples of people who cannot feel pain for various reasons and you will see.
To what degree does pain effect us in a positive way spiritually/developmentally if at all?
One such condition:
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/congenital-insensitivity-to-pain
Also I believe leprosy has this as a side effect.
27 Jun 14
Originally posted by twhiteheadEvolution can't do anything. Evolution does not have a mind. Evolution can't see, hear, speak, feel, work, design, make, or create anything. Evolution is just a made up word that atheists use to represent change or anything they don't really understand and do not want to attribute to God.
Pain is evolutions way of telling you not to do something. It is very effective. Just look at examples of people who cannot feel pain for various reasons and you will see.
One such condition:
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/congenital-insensitivity-to-pain
Also I believe leprosy has this as a side effect.
Originally posted by RJHindsI hit a sore spot I see.
Evolution can't do anything. Evolution does not have a mind. Evolution can't see, hear, speak, feel, work, design, make, or create anything. Evolution is just a made up word that atheists use to represent change or anything they don't really understand and do not want to attribute to God.
Thats evolutions way of telling you that your beliefs are being threatened.
28 Jun 14
Originally posted by whodeyIf mistakes caused the pain, the pain is what makes us remember not to make the mistakes again.
To what degree does pain effect us in a positive way spiritually/developmentally if at all?
From what I've seen and experienced, my greatest advances spiritually have come due to various thorns in the flesh, as Paul would call them.
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29 Jun 14
Originally posted by whodeySpiritually speaking, we can grow and learn from pain, but pain of itself is not from God.
To what degree does pain effect us in a positive way spiritually/developmentally if at all?
From what I've seen and experienced, my greatest advances spiritually have come due to various thorns in the flesh, as Paul would call them.
I know many Christians believe God sends us calamity, sickness, etc., but it is not biblical.
John 10:10
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.