She might argue (not that she did) that the suffering is to show that we shouldn't get too attached to the world because there is a life after death. I'm not saying this is the only reason why suffering happens, but could it be one of the many reasons?
I will check out that Buddhism thing too :D
Hi, I'm new to this forum so :woohoo: :tsk: :o
Anyway, an interesting argument my friend has put forward, for suffering is that when you think about the world, suffering seems to have no reason, and is pointless to some people, but to some theists (like my friend) they see suffering as a sort...