I believe in God, I believe that Jesus is God the Son, I believe in the Holy Spirit because of Easter. The story of the resurrection has a ring of truth about it that strikes to the core of me. It is unlike any of the Greek or Roman or Norse myths that I read as a child. It is unique from the various religious stories from Eastern religions. Somehow, it just touches me.
Religion often tries to explain why there is pain and suffering in the world.
It s a great question. For me, Jesus resurrection doesn t just answer the why, it goes even farther. In the resurrection I may not know why there is pain and suffering, but I see more. I see that God has an answer, a remedy for that pain and suffering. God is ready to heal us and move us beyond the sorrows that we know in the here and now.