Why God Why Quotes

“If God doesn’t exist, no value is absolute. Life is just one big crapshoot.”
― Gershon Schusterman, Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell

“It’s impossible for human beings to accurately judge other human beings. So how can we judge God?”
― Gershon Schusterman, Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell

“We have to start new every day, and sometimes, many times a day. Sometimes we just have to take a deep breath and start again.”
― Gershon Schusterman, Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell

“We have to distinguish pain from suffering. Pain is part of the human condition and comes from the Creator. Suffering is inflicted by human beings on themselves. Pain usually has an end point, while suffering can go on indefinitely. Pain is inevitable, while suffering is optional.”
― Gershon Schusterman, Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell

“If Kushner’s view is correct, then renounce the members of the clergy as charlatans and discard the prayer books as offering only a placebo when true medicine is required. Throw away the Psalms as dealing in falsehoods. Excise “Thank God” from our discourse. If we can’t appeal to Him to help us because He is incapable, why should we thank Him when things go right? There is a certain intellectual dishonesty to this.”
― Gershon Schusterman, Why God Why: How to Believe in Heaven When it Hurts Like Hell