Does the undeserved suffering of
innocents point to the reality of reincarnation?
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Full Question
Doesn’t cosmic justice require us to believe in
reincarnation when we see innocent children suffering? If these children have
not done anything in this life to deserve suffering, they must have done
something wrong in a past life. Right?
Answer
Wrong. There are
two problems with this argument.
- First, even if the suffering of innocents did require us to believe in a prior existence, it would not require us to believe in reincarnation. The Mormons believe in a disembodied pre-existence, in which people were capable of sinning, but they do not believe in reincarnation.
- Second, the
suffering of innocents does not require us to believe in a pre-existence at
all.
Not all suffering
is punishment for one’s own sins (John 9:1-3).
The prime example
of this is Jesus, none of whose sufferings were for his own sins, for he had no
sins (Hebrews 4:15).
Justice requires
that everyone in the universe ultimately gets what he deserves.
If a person has
suffered unjustly he will be compensated for the pain endured.
When we see
innocent children suffering, it gives us just as much reason to postulate a
future life in which they will be rewarded (i.e., in heaven) as it does a past
life in which they sinned.
The idea that God
will compensate one who has been wronged is taught in Exodus 22:22-24, Malachi
3:5, and Matthew 5:11-12, 10:28-30.
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