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This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a great deal turn to God, not from him.

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Randy Alcorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 23
Died: 1987
Died: March 2
Actor
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Film Producer
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Orange County
Virginia
George Randolph Scott
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