RE: Suffering
August 14, 2010 at 3:16 am
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2010 at 3:27 am by Captain Scarlet.)
Godschild as Padraic states a god with attributes such as yours is incompatible with suffering. If he/it is all loving and merciful then he would not be visiting gratuitous suffering as a punishment for humankind. It seems our only sin was to be the people he created in the first place. For this we have to watch millions of innocent children die of disease and natural disasters tear people and lives apart. If we don't live up to his standard then we are bound for an eternity of torture. However my reasoning which you question is that a god can stop this and we don't have to live in a world where there is gratuitous suffering and where some people die agonisingly before they have a chance to know your god and be saved. To demonstrate he can stop this I have given 3 examples in your religion of where god has materialised a world where people beleived in him and there was no suffering. As god why not just do this if you are all powerful and all loving.
