People like to gloss over the shitty parts of life with “suffering gives life meaning” or whatever other bullshit they can fathom.
It makes it easier for them to avoid the guilt & overlook those parts as they package “the gift of life” and shove it down their children’s throats.
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Pretty sure that's part of Orthodox iconography.
...Yep: "The manger is like a casket and His swaddling clothes are very much like the grave clothes."
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We're all Jesus, suffering for the sins of others