That's a question asked by everyone who is in pain; it is also asked by people who are confused, who lost loved ones, etc. Then, if a God's Servant shouldn't suffer, why did Job endured so much loss and pain?
2006-06-27 11:49:54 · 20 answers · asked by newchenel 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Everyone goes through trials and tribulation. Ive suffered through many things including losses too. We live in a world that is full of sin. God only knows why some things happen. The only thing we can do is keep faith because God is in control. In my experience, I have seen many times where God has turned bad things around.
2006-06-27 11:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by A* 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There are three options as far as I can see it, given your assumption of a God in the first place.
First, God's not so benevolent as you've been led to believe. The Church says He cares, but if he's not really trying to make your life a happy one what's that care worth? Indeed, if He sometimes deliberately makes our lives so miserable that we want to die just for oblivion for no fault of our own, God seems to have a sadistic streak and might be full-blown Evil himself. Unfortunately, if God is not just or great, why should we follow his teachings, if not outright hate God for creating us and our misery?
Second, God cares about you and wants you to be happy, but can't or won't protect you from life's struggles since he's busy with the Devil or some other important project instead. The Big Guy Upstairs has higher priorities than answering your every sniveling prayer. I'm a little skeptical that an omnipotent, omniscient God could find himself distracted, but whatever. Maybe God really could create a stone so big even He couldn't lift it.
Third, God really does care, but it's the sort of love that means he has to let you learn on your own about life, and that includes suffering sometimes. This is an aspect of the free will that lots of religious folks talk about, but free will also suggests that we're free to do what we want without his teachings and that we can try to find better ways ourselves, which may in fact be better if our will is to be truly free. The ability to question God directly undermines the main thrust of more fundamentalist religions, which is that we must all obey the Holy Book.
2006-06-27 12:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by Fenris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because since the first adam sinned, and Jesus had to suffer and die to redeem or "buy back" the lost with his sacrifice, those who believe in and follow him are not only baptised into His death, but also into sharing His suffering, which was always delivered to Him unjustly.
But the great part to know, is that when it is all over and you are on the New Earth, all the former things will have been forgotten according to Revelation.
That is why you will have no more tears.
You will not remember the pain.
You will not remember the former things, that is why God can assure you that you will be changed no longer needing a sex or to have relationships that hurt.
2006-06-27 12:01:20 · answer #3 · answered by doodad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we suffer that is when we ask God to help us. Paul suffered a lot but he kept his faith. Suffering is a temporary thing in life. The reason we suffer is to go through pain and loss so that we can comfort others who go through the same experiences. The reason Job endured pain and loss is because he trusted God. He knew that God wouldn't abandon him. Satan took away Job's family to see how godly Job could be. So, as
Paul says in 2 Corinthians when we are weak He is strong.
2006-06-27 12:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by Erin E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defenders of a good, all powerful, and all knowing God have to explain why two kinds of evil exist, not just one. The two kinds are chosen evil (rape, torture, murder, etc.) and unchosen evil (diseases, natural disasters, etc.).
First they will say chosen evil must exist so that we can have free will. Okay, let's allow them that. Score a point for their God.
Next they will say that unchosen evil must exist so that we can appreciate the good - that good cannot exist except in contrast with evil. There are two things wrong with that answer. First, it admits that God is incapable of creating a world in which good is absolute (non-relative). Second, even if we allow them the claim that good must be relative to evil, the question remains why *so very much* evil is necessary to make us appreciate the good. To say that there needs to be as much unchosen evil in the world as there is so that we can recognize and appreciate the good is like saying that we could not tell the difference between black and white in a picture unless at least half the picture was black.
As a last resort, they will say evil does not exist - that what seems an evil is only an absence of good. This is like saying that there is no black paint on the canvas, there is only an absence of white paint - accepting it as an answer requires one to wilfully insult one's own intelligence.
The problem of evil remains - it has not been solved.
2006-06-27 12:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to this... this is definitely a true fact! GOD WILL NEVER LET SOMETHING HAPPEN WITHOUT AN APPARENT CAUSE!He'll put you to the the test to see whether you'll remain faithful or turn and fall into the hand's of mankind and flesh.In Job's case, Job suffered because the devil was trying to make him lose this faith in God, but at the end, God gave double him everything he had in the beginning. God promises peace to all that suffer and overcome. He'll guide the way and relaese all of your burdens
2006-06-27 12:00:09 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason why people suffer is because everything happens 4 a purpose as God has planned it to. Some things may be really hurtful or crappy but something good always comes out of something bad. You just have to trust in Him wit you're faith that everything will work out. If you every have any problems I'll pray for you if you want me to.
Glad to answer your question, Typhanae
2006-06-27 11:57:40 · answer #7 · answered by Tiffany N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion people suffer not because God doesen't like them or as punishment, but as a way to give you a stronger will and experience to deal with other hardships that may come along in life. If you keep faith and hope alive during your struggles and sufferings, it will have hopefully made you that much stronger, and you will look at life in a new and more joyfull way.
2006-06-27 12:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by TheFiveQuestions 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if God is real and is as described in the Bible, then he has no concept of life and death, pain and suffering. So why would he care? And how could he stop it if he doesn't know what it is?
2006-06-27 16:53:17 · answer #9 · answered by jeffrey_meyer2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without suffering, without pain and trials and hardships, we will never grow, never learn, never evolve into our true selves. Without suffering we will never learn to appreciate what we have, who we are, and life. If life was a constant pain-free world, how would we know that we are truly happy, when we don't know what sadness means?
2006-06-27 12:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by hottie24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋