Pain

The mores and folkways developed unconsciously out of a shared desire to avoid pain and humiliation while pursuing pleasure and power. 68:4.2

In a world of inevitability, pleasure and happiness can only be truly appreciated in the face of pain and suffering. 3:5.14

Andonites not so sensitive to pain, they were imitative and lacked a developed sense of humor like early human beings. 63:4.2

Pain and suffering, essential to progressive evolution, inhibit activity and prompt biologic adaptations as anxiety reverts to the natural state of our savage ancestors. 86:2.1

Heat, through methods like sunlight and hot stones, was used to relieve pain and treat ailments, as early man believed the spirit causing sickness could be eliminated by sweating. 90:4.6

Life Carriers’ healing technique affords relief from pain and better control over cell proliferation. 65:4.6

No pain on Paradise, only eternal joy and light in the presence of God and his Son. 27:1.5

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• No night there 27:1.5 — Rev 22:3-5. *Live forever*: Acts 13:46-48. *Wipe away all tears*: Rev 7:17; Rev 21:4. *Live forever*: Dn 12:2; Mt 19:16,29; Mt 25:46; Mk 10:17,30; Lk 10:25; Lk 18:18,30; Jn 3:15-16,36; Jn 4:14,36; Jn 5:24,39; Jn 6:27,40,47; Jn 6:51,68; Jn 8:51-52; Jn 10:28; Jn 11:25-26; Jn 12:25,50; Jn 17:2-3; Ro 2:7; Ro 5:21; Ro 6:22-23; Ga 6:8; 1 Ti 1:16; 1 Ti 6:12,19; Tit 1:2; Tit 3:7; 1 Jn 1:2; 1 Jn 2:25; 1 Jn 3:15; 1 Jn 5:11,13,20; Jud 1:21; Rev 22:5.