Book Review: When Bad Things Happen To Good People
Title: When Bad Things Happen To Good People
Author: Harold S. Kushner
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Reviewed by: Patrick Wong
This is a book written many years ago by a rabbi, Harold
Kushner, who subsequently wrote many more best sellers. So I
am sure he must be a famous guy and you might already have
heard about him or read his books.
In this book he led us through the question, "Can we make sense out of tragedies when bad things happen to good people through the religious context?" He is a rabbi, so of course his research is through Old Testament. He found his answer mainly through Genesis and the Book of Job.
I am not sure his point of view is mainstream nor well accepted by the religious community. But for me, it is such a powerful spiritual uplift that I can feel it is going to carry me through the darkest moments of my situation. It is such a powerful yet relatively short book that I really hope everyone can spend a little bit time reading about it and see whether you gain anything from it.
Finally the answer to the question, "No, We just have to acknowledge the senselessness of the tragedies and our courage to live on."