Bad things

It is interesting to me as I continaully learn about how great God is through my classes and chapel that no one touches the subject of bad things, and howcome they happen. Is it because we are scared? Maybe even that we like to pretend like they don't exist. The other morning when I was drinking my soy latte at a local coffee shop I heard a young girl talking with her friend about the recent death of her father. How she had been trying to move on, as he pastor told her that it was best to "forgive and forget." I was astonished. Forget your father? What a rediculous concept! I am open to most things in the world, but not that! So I want to poke at the pastors, and theologians, lets touch the hard stuff, lets deal with reality. Why not be real?