Yes, I agree. I think most rational people have grown tired of Hobson twisting and distorting any idea that is contrary to his opinion.  He seems to need to "distort it" to then "demean it".

To say that pain is not evil is not to say that it is good and of itself.

Pain is a natural reality and therefore it needs to be sanctified in some way.

This is not to say that one most seek pain or tell others to seek it.

Instead it is, rationally, to look at the wide middle ground of pain, and to say "what can be done with this pain, other than to immediately douse it with some form of pill".

Can I not find a deeper intimacy with Jesus Christ even in my little pains?  Can I not "give Him" a different part of me today, in this case  my pain, which is part of me.