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Worlds of Faith

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A series of 12 programmes
8: Why Blame God/ The Question of Suffering Why is there so much suffering in the world? Why are children born deformed? Why do the innocent suffer? Does it have any purpose?
Doubts, disasters and unbelievable cruelty are all part of human experience. So why do people go on believing in the face of such suffering?
John Bowker , Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University, looks at the ways religious traditions have accepted suffering without compromise and used it to affirm the ultimate victory of life.
Producer DAVID CRAIG BBC Manchester

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John Bowker
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David Craig
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