The implication being that everything is part of Gods plan including suffering. Therefore suffering somehow must be useful instead of a normal side effect of chaos. That's Platonic thinking at it's most absurd. Pointless suffering is exactly the problem with this universe, that God came to heal.
So the purpose of existence is creating Utopia on earth, not learning and overcoming difficulties, becoming a better person?
Learning and overcoming difficulties can very much lead to utopian social structures. "Inasmuch as ye have done to the least of these, so ye have done unto me."
The implication being that everything is part of Gods plan including suffering. Therefore suffering somehow must be useful instead of a normal side effect of chaos. That's Platonic thinking at it's most absurd. Pointless suffering is exactly the problem with this universe, that God came to heal.
So the purpose of existence is creating Utopia on earth, not learning and overcoming difficulties, becoming a better person?
Learning and overcoming difficulties can very much lead to utopian social structures. "Inasmuch as ye have done to the least of these, so ye have done unto me."