As a Christian myself, I believe this is by design and we are not suppose to bare this weight by ourselves. We are not designed to (and hence not supposed to) be able to comprehend nor FEEL the tremendous amount of suffering in the world.
That’s God’s weight and God’s burden to carry.
To me: “not supposed to” is, I think, usually not something to care about. If I thought I’d get more of what I want from better comprehending/feeling the tremendous amount of suffering in the world, and if I thought I had a shot at doing so (relative to the cost), then I would. Since I think that doing so would suck and not actually lead to me helping more people, I don’t.
This does mean that I think everyone should dwell on the suffering (with some concrete individual example cases to help it hit home) at least once in their life, potentially once every decade as a ritual… but not for more than a day, definitely not regularly. Do it once, decide what you want to do about it, and then put it aside.
To me: “not supposed to” is, I think, usually not something to care about. If I thought I’d get more of what I want from better comprehending/feeling the tremendous amount of suffering in the world, and if I thought I had a shot at doing so (relative to the cost), then I would. Since I think that doing so would suck and not actually lead to me helping more people, I don’t.
This does mean that I think everyone should dwell on the suffering (with some concrete individual example cases to help it hit home) at least once in their life, potentially once every decade as a ritual… but not for more than a day, definitely not regularly. Do it once, decide what you want to do about it, and then put it aside.