2006-07-26 01:19:03 · 20 answers · asked by assibisa_silas 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you are seeing yourself as suffering it is not because of anything That God is or is not doing.
All of these ideas exist within the mind that believes in them.
Neither the ideas or their percieved sources exist externally to the mind that believes these ideas of suffering to be real.
2006-07-26 01:27:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you looking simply for man's opinions ... or the Real answers ??? If you are seriously wanting to learn the truth of these matters, you can benefit from the thorough research already done by those who have written:
Does God Really Exist? :
~ Does God Exist? - Some Scientists Answer
~ What Is God's Purpose?
~ Identifying the Only True God
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1999/2/8/article_02.htm
Why Does God Permit Suffering?
~ The Problem of Human Suffering
~ God's Permission of Suffering Nears its End
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2001/5/15/article_01.htm
GOD CARES--How You Can Be Sure :
~ Is God Responsible for Our Problems?
~ God Really Cares About You!
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/7/1/article_01.htm
What Is the Purpose of Life? How Can You Find It?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/index.htm
These are all based on Sound reasoning & the Bible.
Links to related articles are next to the text, but links to Scriptures referred to in the text are within it.
I encourage you to ...
"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!" (1Th5:21)
2006-07-26 08:39:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean true? Yes, there is a true God, He's been true to me from the very first time I called out to Him.
Why do we suffer? Oh hon, there's so many reasons, they are almost as individual as a fingerprint. We suffer because we don't take care of our bodies, we don't follow natural law about how to eat and live. We suffer because our parents didn't do that either. We suffer because God is refining us, trying to get us to turn in the right direction, but we resist, thinking to do it our own way.
We suffer because we have human bodies and eternal souls. We suffer because we resist the impulses of our nature. Because we were deceived and abused by someone who is hurting too. Because we are paying a consequence of a former sin. Because nature can be cruel and relentless.
You can take any of the above and I will add to it "You suffer, but God loves you." And I can honestly say, you cannot grow, become wiser, mature, fulfilled and past all that is wrong with you, without suffering.
2006-07-26 08:21:42 · answer #3 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is a true God, and the reason we suffer is because of sin. God doesn't make bad things happen to us, that is the effects of sin. If a person gets killed by a drunk driver, did God make that person kill the victim? No, the driver chose to drink and then chose to get into his car and drive.
In incidents where someone suffers for no fault of their own, that alas, is the consequences of sin. Through 1 man (Adam) all are condemned to death, but through 1 man (Jesus) forgiveness and eternal life are open to all.
One day, God will bring sin and suffering to an end. Why is there suffering then? When God does finally bring sin to an end and suffering (which is the result of sin), we will never sin again because we will know the kind of suffering that can occur.
If we never feel the effects of sin than what would ever prevent us from not sinning? If you're running through the house with scissors in your hands and you drop them and stab yourself in the foot, would you run in the house with scissors in your hand again? Probably not. Why? Because you know what happened the last time you did.
Same with sin, if we suffer because of sin, then when God destroys sin, we will remember the pain we went through and we will never want to sin again.
2006-07-26 08:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by 4XTrader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually as human beings it is a part of our nature and makeup to have the necessity to suffer when we are physically hurt, mentally hurt or socially hurt...it is natural to feel these feelings in order to learn and avoid the negative aspects of life in the future....some people just do not learn too quickly...sometimes it takes generations to learn not to hurt each other...it is an ongoing process...I would sooner live my life believing there is a God of some nature and then die and find out there was no God rather than live my life believing there is no God then die and find out there is.....do the math
2006-07-26 08:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without suffering, why would anyone turn to God? If we had perfect and happy lifes, there would be no reason for anyone to turn to God because we would not need anything from him. Suffering provides a reason to seek God. If we suffer, then we will seek an end to that suffering.
2006-07-26 08:30:16 · answer #6 · answered by Icy U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is definately real. Trust me I been through a lot of things even a car accident. God brought me through things I couldn't get through myself. I left the car accident with no scratches or scores I was just alittle sore but it could've been worst. I always testify that god is real. The reason we suffer is in the hands of man(people). Also it's the choices you make. If you choose to follow him with a willing and faithful heart. Read the bible and it talks about the things we going through now.
2006-07-26 08:27:41 · answer #7 · answered by Chelly luv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you assume that God would not allow any suffering? How bright would that be? How smart would God be if he created us with no build-in feedback mechanism to warn us when we are doing something self destructive or harmful to ourselves or others?
Seems like a pretty brilliant system. And if everyone did what God told us to, we would not be doing anything self destructive or harmful, and there would be no suffering.
Seems to me, suffering is proof of a very wise creator.
2006-07-26 08:31:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a reason that god put us hear on the earth. It is a test for all of us and human affliction and suffering is part of that. Additionally he gave us agency. Some use that to hurt others.
2006-07-26 08:24:00 · answer #9 · answered by Ender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is God He is not "a true God" but "The true God"
Sufferings differ in two ways one is due to your own mistakes that means you choose your own way to life neglecting God's Command on every one's life
second one is due to Choosing God as your saviour and Master of your life. why to suffer for this.... many reasons criticism,, suffering for being honest,,, suffering for being good to people,,, suffering for not retaliating the enemy etc...
but the second one has a reward in this life and in the life after
2006-07-26 08:38:11 · answer #10 · answered by LongsLove7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋