Thanks for the clarification. I agree. There are a lot of Christians, or people in general, that try to explain away or minimize suffering, within the context of my warnings about it (as highlighted in my lengthy initial comment).

And I was trying to honestly... just try to do something to help heal some of the divide. I've been trying to do that for myself in my own personal life, still have some long lasting baggage with religion, but I try to recognize that my sometimes instinctive knee-jerk reaction is both rushed and often times misplaced blame.

Thank you. I try to do the same. That's why I generally try to remain amicable despite some incredibly toxic comments I get (not you, but there are a lot of users on this site, and many other social media sites) that are nothing but toxic. I only recently came back to Christianity, being agnostic most of my life. Only after fully realizing the answers to some very deep questions, and understanding how truth is nearly synonymous to God, did I fully understand and convert back to Christianity. I was raised Christian as a kid, to clarify. But, there are some extremely vitriolic anti-Christians, that do nothing but misquote scripture and try to lay blame for all the world's ills at our feet. It's maddening, but understandable given the current atmosphere, propaganda, and that the people in power are vociferously anti-Christian.

Given the forces and evil arrayed against us, I try to stay on peaceful terms with my neighbors and people who aren't Christian, so as to work together for common cause. Given how anti-Christian many of them can be, it's difficult sometimes. In any case, this is why I explain things from a non-Christian and Christian perspective, because the logic works both ways. Most of my writings are written from a non-Christian perspective, as that's who I was prior to realizing the connection.