It is by oppression that we gain religion. It is by the pain that we learn. Neitsche was right. He just got his conclusion wrong. Why is there so much pain? Because it is by this pain that we turn to God. It is in times of suffering that we can gain the lives that we were meant to live. When you are nothing, you have nothing to give. It is in these moments that we can tear ourselves away from ourselves and give ourselves to God.