If god created the world, why didn't he make it perfect, without, say, volcanoes?

Answer 1

They must exist for a reason then

Answer 2

Without volcanoes, there would be no Hawaii. So in that case, volcanoes are cool and useful and a creative force.

Endless creation would suck, and endless destruction would suck. So the world is kept in balance (as long as we don't let global warming flood the whole thing.) There are volcanoes, and there is erosion to break down the volcano lava into black sand beaches. People die, but babies are born. There are some tragedies along the way, but there is also great joy. So if that's not perfect, well, I don't know what to tell you. I guess perfect might be asking for a bit much.

I think the world is pretty fantastic and the only beef I have with it is humans mucking it up with pollution and manmade erosion and clear-cutting and mountain-topping and...there are so many horrible things people do to the world. God can only intervene to a certain extent when people do awful things, and it's not punishment when the climate changes because of global warming, just consequences. Karma just means that certain actions cause certain reactions because of the way the universe is set up. Maybe the world seems imperfect because of the results of karma. Humans were given free will and responsibility, and responsibility has often been ignored, which means karma will give people whatever they have coming. But don't blame karma on God--karma is cause and effect. Maybe the justice of karma seems harsh, but if you want mercy, keep your karma clean and maybe God will hook you up. And maybe God expects you to do a little more to make the world nicer. Don't get overwhelmed by big global problems--do a little because a lot of little changes can make a big difference. Look for perfection in say, a flower, or a puppy, or a tree. I personally am fascinated by how my wonderful dog is built for speed, with a deep chest, long legs, sleek muscles, and amazing paws that dig into the ground to help her get a good grip. I am in awe that such things exist in the world--it makes it easy to love a god that would create such a magnificent being and plop her into my life. If you could understand the whole world, you'd see the perfection all around you and work like crazy to protect it and help it propagate. I know the world isn't 100% perfect, but it could be better and it's up to us humans to work towards perfection. It's a tall order, but we have no other choice.

Answer 3

Becuase if the world was perfect there would be nothing for us to do. And because God would have nothing to worry about. There would be nothing bad happening that can sometimes turn into good things. For the easy story of it, the world would just be to pain for everybody. There would not be the wars. But right now everybody may want it to be that way. But later people are going to say WHY IS THE WORLD PERFECT. WHY CAN"T IT BE WERE THE WORLD HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES. Don't you think that it would be kinda of boring living in a perfect world? Because i think so!!!!!!

Answer 4

Volcanoes are perfect, the problem is people live too close to them. We need to think about many things before we go dragging some "white man with a beard who lives in the sky" into our problems. We are a part of nature and therefore we have to suffer it's agony's as well as awesomeness....

Answer 5

God did not only create this world...there are more than you will ever know in this lifetime...and they are each set up perfectly...not for human purpose at all, but for soul purpose only...
Each provides the soul with an environment for "soul searching"...experiencing Who & What we are...places to be the things we wish to know as being them.
Example: without a volcano, how could we here learn to not live near these things, how they can destroy so much so fast, how the lava can create new islands or land extensions, what temperature does rock melt, what causes eruptions, what will be under that lava rock for others to discover later?????? It gets the brain cookin', gets the soul riled for knowledge...sells newspapers, brings out all the "helpers", lets us see how little material things are truly worth...let's us know who our friends really are....Seeeee??????

Answer 6

Easy - God didn't create the world, the universe, etc. -- nothing of form. Just look at the body - it was made as a defense to keep everything out, it gets old and dies, etc. Your observation is right on -- there's no way that Unconditional Love could have created form with all its separateness, decay, and suffering.

Answer 7

Volcanoes are awesome. The world would be imperfect without them.

Answer 8

I like volcanoes and I used to live on an extinct one.

Answer 9

if God created the world perfectly, than what would we have learned in our time being here, we would have no mistakes to learn from, or different people and their lifes and experiences to learn from. He created different things, maybe not so good things in our life to make us strong. so goes the saying what won't kill you makes u stronger or whatever. besides perfect is boring.

Answer 10

What's wrong with volcanoes? Without them we wouldn't get volcanic rocks like pumice and obsidian.

Answer 11

If it were not for volcanoes, they would be no human life (or likely no life at all) on the planet.