Tony_the_heretic
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...common? Even thought they appear very different on the surface, Buddhists and Christians agree that life involves suffering. The Christians explain it by a "fallen world", whereas the Buddhists say the cause is selfish craving. However, we all agree that life does contain suffering. In the book "Innumeracy" the author says "There are too many people walking around with a 'Why me?' attitude". Live isn't easy, and even though heaven is kind of difficult to imagine everyone knows pain and suffering. A world without those things would, at least on the surface, seem comforting