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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by ignoramous on Friday February 14, 2025 @09:00PM (#43055126)
It was relatively common for parents to lose children (every second child was expected to die before 5y) but even then, with all that death around them, the tragedy remained as great as today. Back then, most did look to their God for solace, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1goyaco/when...

In the present, orthodox practitioners of Abrahamic religions, in particular, may stoically overcome such profound grief by attributing it to divine will.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by Archelaos on Saturday February 15, 2025 @12:08AM (#43056046)
You sound like one of the friends of Job.
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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by Syonyk on Saturday February 15, 2025 @12:45AM (#43056216)
How so? They're neither questioning God's justice, nor asserting that the loss of children must be due to sin/unrighteousness/etc.
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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by The_Colonel on Saturday February 15, 2025 @06:32AM (#43057765)
That reminds me the story of Mozart's parents. Their first 3 children died less than 1 year old. I can't imagine the despair. Out of 7 children, only 2 survived infancy.
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