The following is a small quote from the Catholic encyclical Deus Caritas Est, paragraph 38, regarding the physical sufferings we experience in life:

It is Saint Augustine who gives us faith's answer to our sufferings: “Si comprehendis, non est Deus”—”if you understand him, he is not God.” 

I just wanted to emphasize how grateful I am for Joseph Smith, and the restoration of the truth on the earth, that man is not only able to come to know God, but that he is commanded to know him. It is a fundamental aspect of faith itself to understand the character and nature of God, and if we accept a doctrine that completely denies this knowledge, we cannot have true faith.

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