[Adeniinteme]

i have seen good people suffer and bad people prosper. i have given up trying to find meaning or explanation.

it just happens. IT BE.

once upon a time, thanks to my grandmother, i used to believe that these were leelais or fun stuff for the gods. that we are tested for our fortitude, faith or loyalty. if one grows up with such belief, newton's third law is firmly entrenched in your mind as the infallible Truth.

such that, when one someone harm, we expect harm to befall on the other person. instead to our dismay this guy not only gets away with doing harm, but prospers due to it. where is the justice?

i am not talking about small incidents. i am talking about crime of the highest magnitude, followed by no punishment.

in the 20th century, if one group need to find an ANSWER to this query, i think it must be the jews. 50% or about 3 million of them were wiped out methodically by the nazis, for no reason, other than that they were jews.

the world has experienced cruelties in the past, but the 1930s were ages of enlightenment, when science provided hope to life the masses out of teeming permanent poverty and despair. can jealousy and envy alone contribute to such an horrendous crime against humanity.

what about pol pot? he killed 40% of cambodians, his own blood, just for. for nothing. maybe he felt like it? and he lived long, and died comfortably in his bed.

i started to reflect on this query on a personal basis, but found myself drifting soon to the macro world. hence this note.

there is no answer to this query. that is my answer now.

here is a link to a humanistic judaic based answer to the same question which impressed me.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People - My Jewish Learning