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2006-06-13 15:52:42 · 10 answers · asked by Marcos D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Does god do things because he's benevolent? If yes, then what he wills is because he's right. but...
If he's benevolent, how could he allow 6 million of his chosen people to be incinerated by Hitler, or why did he allow Truman to vaporize 200,000 Japanese men, women and children or Stalin to kill 30m Christians? If he was also omnipotent AND benevolent, then these events could not have happened.
If you counter that man's "free will" caused those events to happen, so don't blame God, then can it be said God is not omnipotent AND benevolent, because he allowed man's free will to reign?
And further, the mere existence of evil in the world makes the existence of a benign god impossible: if god were omnipotent, he could eliminate evil and if he were benign, he would want to do so...another way of saying this:
If god is able to prevent evil but is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not benevolent.
If god is willing to prevent evil but is not able to prevent evil, then he is not omnipotent.
Evil is either in occordance with god's intention or contrary to it. Thus, either god cannot prevent evil or he does not want to prevent evil.
2006-06-14 13:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The curious as well as the critics of Christianity ask this question. If God is all-powerful and all loving, then why does He permit evil and suffering in the world? Various answers have been given, but permanently settling the issue is impossible because so many of our answers raise further questions. Nevertheless, our lack of ability to answer the question perfectly does not mean that we cannot offer solutions. Of course, I do not assume to be able to answer these questions definitively, but I can offer some solutions.
First of all, it is possible that God has reasons for allowing evil to exist that we simply cannot understand. In this the Christian can have confidence in God knowing that His ways are above our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). As the Bible says, the just shall live by faith (Hab. 2:4).
Second, God may be letting evil run its course in order to prove that evil is malignant and that suffering, which is the unfortunate product of evil, is further proof that anything contrary to God’s will is bad, harmful, painful, and leads to death.
God gave Adam dominion over the world (Gen. 1:28). When he rebelled against God, he set in motion an entire series of events and changed the very nature of man and creation. Both were affected by sin. Creation was no longer a paradise but bore thorns and thistles (Gen. 3:17-18; Rom. 8:22). People became sinful (Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:3), who were haters of God (Rom. 3:9-12), etc. The only conclusion to such a situation is death. Jesus said, "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened" (Matt. 24:22).
Sin is rebellion against God and His created order, but God has not left us alone in this fallen world. He continued to enter this world--pointing us to Himself, to truth, to morality, purity, and love. He used the evil of the world (liars, perjurers, the envious, etc.,) to bring His Son to the cross so that we might have the opportunity to obtain eternal life. In this, God has not stepped away from fallen creation but has stepped into it by becoming Jesus. God works within the fallen world to effect change, and He uses fallen people to accomplish His will. In this, He is proving His sovereignty over evil, suffering, and rebellious people--proving that sin and evil are utterly futile and that He is worthy of honor and glory.
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2014-10-31 15:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by The Lightning Strikes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a view point that if God had made everyone 'perfect' and allowed no misery and suffering, how would we appreciate individuals? Then everyone would have been a robot. It is to give dignity to each soul that God allowed free-will, including the capacity to create suffering.
2006-06-13 23:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by Neeraj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible that we as humans create our own destiny? Is it possible that God doesn't exist and is just a way that the church can control people? God allows the suffering because the church and the Bible say that God controls things that happen.
2006-06-14 11:05:52 · answer #4 · answered by M. B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is just a witness; it is us wo cause suffering and happiness by the choices we make; coupled with our ego.
2006-06-13 23:14:09 · answer #5 · answered by ananththeiceman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god created man and gave him a mind to think and make decisions, it is mans responsibility to use what god gave him in ways to help his race grow and prosper, when a mans mind becomes clouded he can make decisions that will make a negative effect (a mistake) it's when man becomes to lazy to fix his mistakes that the world becomes corrupt, we control everything thing we do basically every second of our lives, it's up to us to turn things around, why expect god to do it.... we dont expect our neighbors to come over and cut the grass, it all comes downto RESPONSIBILITY.
2006-06-14 10:09:00 · answer #6 · answered by ashley1586 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a fictional character
2006-06-14 00:02:24 · answer #7 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because He gave us the gift of "Choice" and we blew it! Why not try reading the Bible?
2006-06-19 11:20:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because humans themselves caused the suffer."you reap what you sow"
2006-06-13 22:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by James Bond 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one has ever known....hence the eternal question.
2006-06-13 22:59:42 · answer #10 · answered by rockEsquirrel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋