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2006-12-07 05:50:47 · 17 answers · asked by Pete Allison 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is a good questions, many people wonder why there are so many tragedys and so much suffering. People of various religions have gone to their religious leaders and teachers to ask why there is so much suffering. Often, the response is that suffering is God’s will and that he long ago determined everything that would ever happen, including tragic events. Many are told that God’s ways are mysterious or that he brings death upon people—even children—so that he can have them in heaven with him. Though, Jehovah God never causes what is bad. The Bible says: “Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!”—Job 34:10.
Do you know why people make the mistake of blaming God for all the suffering in the world? In many cases, they blame Almighty God because they think that he is the real ruler of this world. They do not know a simple but important truth that the Bible teaches. The real ruler of this world is Satan the Devil.
The Bible clearly states: “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) When you think about it, does that not make sense? This world reflects the personality of the invisible spirit creature who is “misleading the entire inhabited earth.” (Revelation 12:9) Satan is hateful, deceptive, and cruel. So the world, under his influence, is full of hatred, deceit, and cruelty. That is one reason why there is so much suffering.
A second reason why there is so much suffering is that, mankind has been imperfect and sinful ever since the rebellion in the garden of Eden. Sinful humans tend to struggle for dominance, and this results in wars, oppression, and suffering. (Ecclesiastes 4:1; 8:9) A third reason for suffering is “time and unforeseen occurrence.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11) In a world without Jehovah as a protective Ruler, people may suffer because they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It is comforting for us to know that God does not cause suffering. He is not responsible for the wars, the crimes, the oppression, or even the natural disasters that cause people to suffer. Still, we need to know, Why does Jehovah allow all this suffering? If he is the Almighty, he has the power to stop it. Why, then, does he hold back? The loving God that we have come to know must have a good reason.—1 John 4:8.
To find out why God allows suffering, we need to think back to the time when suffering began. When Satan led Adam and Eve into disobeying Jehovah, an important question was raised. Satan did not call into question Jehovah’s power. Even Satan knows that there is no limit to Jehovah’s power. Rather, Satan questioned Jehovah’s right to rule. By calling God a liar who withholds good from his subjects, Satan charged that Jehovah is a bad ruler. (Genesis 3:2-5) Satan implied that mankind would be better off without God’s rulership. This was an attack on Jehovah’s sovereignty, his right to rule.
Adam and Eve rebelled against Jehovah. In effect, they said: “We do not need Jehovah as our Ruler. We can decide for ourselves what is right and what is wrong.” How could Jehovah settle that issue? How could he teach all intelligent creatures that the rebels were wrong and that his way truly is best? Someone might say that God should simply have destroyed the rebels and made a fresh start. But Jehovah had stated his purpose to fill the earth with the offspring of Adam and Eve, and he wanted them to live in an earthly paradise. (Genesis 1:28) Jehovah always fulfills his purposes. (Isaiah 55:10, 11) Besides that, getting rid of the rebels in Eden would not have answered the question that had been raised regarding Jehovah’s right to rule.
Let us consider an illustration. Imagine that a teacher is telling his students how to solve a difficult problem. A clever but rebellious student claims that the teacher’s way of solving the problem is wrong. Implying that the teacher is not capable, this rebel insists that he knows a much better way to solve the problem. Some students think that he is right, and they also become rebellious. What should the teacher do? If he throws the rebels out of the class, what will be the effect on the other students? Will they not believe that their fellow student and those who joined him are right? All the other students in the class might lose respect for the teacher, thinking that he is afraid of being proved wrong. But suppose that the teacher allows the rebel to show the class how he would solve the problem.
Jehovah has done something similar to what the teacher does. Remember that the rebels in Eden were not the only ones involved. Millions of angels were watching. (Job 38:7; Daniel 7:10) How Jehovah handled the rebellion would greatly affect all those angels and eventually all intelligent creation. So, what has Jehovah done? He has allowed Satan to show how he would rule mankind. God has also allowed humans to govern themselves under Satan’s guidance.
The teacher in our illustration knows that the rebel and the students on his side are wrong. But he also knows that allowing them the opportunity to try to prove their point will benefit the whole class. When the rebels fail, all honest students will see that the teacher is the only one qualified to lead the class. They will understand why the teacher thereafter removes any rebels from the class. Similarly, Jehovah knows that all honesthearted humans and angels will benefit from seeing that Satan and his fellow rebels have failed and that humans cannot govern themselves. Like Jeremiah of old, they will learn this vital truth: “I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step.”—Jeremiah 10:23.
Why, though, has Jehovah allowed suffering to go on for so long? And why does he not prevent bad things from happening? Well, consider two things that the teacher in our illustration would not do. First, he would not stop the rebel student from presenting his case. Second, the teacher would not help the rebel to make his case. Similarly, consider two things that Jehovah has determined not to do. First, he has not stopped Satan and those who side with him from trying to prove that they are right. Allowing time to pass has thus been necessary. In the thousands of years of human history, mankind has been able to try every form of self-rule, or human government. Mankind has made some advances in science and other fields, but injustice, poverty, crime, and war have grown ever worse. Human rule has now been shown to be a failure.
Second, Jehovah has not helped Satan to rule this world. If God were to prevent horrible crimes, for instance, would he not, in effect, be supporting the case of the rebels? Would God not be making people think that perhaps humans can govern themselves without disastrous results? If Jehovah were to act in that way, he would become party to a lie. However, “it is impossible for God to lie.”—Hebrews 6:18.
What, though, about all the harm that has been done during the long rebellion against God? We do well to remember that Jehovah is almighty. Therefore, he can and will undo the effects of mankind’s suffering. The ruining of our planet will be undone by the turning of the earth into Paradise. The effects of sin will be removed through faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice, and the effects of death will be reversed by means of the resurrection. God will thus use Jesus “to break up the works of the Devil.” (1 John 3:8) Jehovah will bring all of this about at just the right time. We can be glad that he has not acted sooner, for his patience has given us the opportunity to learn the truth and to serve him. (2 Peter 3:9, 10) Meanwhile, God has been actively seeking sincere worshipers and helping them to endure any suffering that may come upon them in this troubled world.—John 4:23; 1 Corinthians 10:13.
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2006-12-07 06:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by Learn about the one true God 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Free Will. I do not wanna rape anywone, however any one in the market does. I do not wish to kill any one, however any one does not brain doing it. Is God intended to head ballistic and zap each evil-doer with thunderbolts? Whose morality could such judgment be headquartered on? Compared to God, we are all f'd up so far as righteousness is involved. If you may have learn the Old Testament or a minimum of went to Sunday School as a child, you'll recognize he attempted that earlier than. Noah and his family have been the excellent he would uncover. Not a lot could stand if he attempted that once more. An most important facet of Christianity is to take a aware stand for men and women who're being abused, not noted and taking potential of. God gave us a loose will and he isn't going to take it again. It's as much as us to make use of it as an device to serve him and do what is proper. Not simply in our private lives, but additionally according to serving others and support make this international a bit of much less tousled. Anyone can whinge approximately matters now not being proper. Few men and women can exhibit the force to make a change. It's a massive mission, so we are going to want support. That's the facet wherein braveness, religion, love, and finally, God all come into play. God has given us extra energy than we notice, however not anything will ever come of it if we take a seat round asking God 'whys' and 'why nots' even as we do not even attempt to do some thing.
2016-09-03 10:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by brickman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lesson to learn in all things. Sometimes you can view pain and suffering as strength builders. God first, doesn't put anything on us that we can't handle. Why does He allow things like pain and suffering, well, that's up to God to answer. He stated in the Bible, that there will be many afflictions of the righteous. Good and bad people suffer the same. So, I don't think anyone is left out. However, there is peace and strength in each situation. Maybe the pain and suffering helps some to keep their faith in God.
2006-12-07 05:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by CuriousGirl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pain pushes us forward. Whether we feel depressed, empty or confused, all bad feelings appear in order to make us think about their reason and purpose.
In our world, we see only the outward shell of reality. We do not see what is hidden behind nature, society, a person or the cosmos, and we cannot control any of them.
As with embroidery, the links and threads traversing all the parts of the picture can only be seen on the reverse side. Likewise, we do not see the connections between events in our reality; we only see that “something suddenly happened for some reason.”
How can I know the consequences of my actions? All of a sudden, I suffer a blow and I do not understand why it happened or where it came from. “Where did I go wrong?” “What did I do to deserve this?” And even “What’s the point of it all?”
Anyone can interpret the reason for their own pain and the pains of others however they see fit. But everyone agrees that pain makes us think about its purpose and its cause, which in the view of Kabbalah, is one and the same.
The science of Kabbalah states that there is only one reason for all pain—to make us ask about its meaning. We can then use these questions to raise us from the level of our earthly existence, where the causes are hidden, to a higher level of existence, where the reason for the pain is revealed.
The science of Kabbalah grants us this opportunity: to discover that there is a source to life—the Upper Light, the Creator—and to attain adhesion with this source. Such questions about the source of pain, the purpose of suffering, and the meaning of life bring a person to Kabbalah.
2006-12-07 06:06:49 · answer #4 · answered by Sholom 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is simply because people need deities to help them cope with the pain, suffering and hardships in the world. Remember how religious people used to be in the pioneering days, without modern comforts? Or the harsh desert climates of the Middle East?
2006-12-07 05:55:59 · answer #5 · answered by TarKettle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C.S. Lewis could have answered that one better than I -- but he's gone to his eternal reward. Another great convert from Protestantism, Peter Kreeft, has some worthwhile audio sermons on this (even intellectually) painful matter at www.peterkreeft.com This was an answer in line with the teachings of the most unpopular religion in the world.
2006-12-07 05:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by qbdhyeghs 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If there is no pain we begin to forget what it means to be grateful and happy. We grow most in times of suffering, so we grow emotionally here on earth so that we may be complete and mature when we reach heaven.
2006-12-07 05:56:37 · answer #7 · answered by hazydaze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave us ALL free will: that is, both the good people and the bad people. That is how He made us and it must make Him ache so badly when we hurt others. But He does not interfere; otherwise, what is the point of free will?
2006-12-07 05:57:41 · answer #8 · answered by LizzieGirl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because he gave man agency, and he loves us enough not to stand in the way of that.
when we see a person dieing we see only the pain, when god sees a person dieing he sees one of his children coming home.
2006-12-07 05:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by nik 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because life needs conflicts and without the conflicts it's not gonna be a life.
it's gonna be meaningless.
i really don't know how to explain this to you
people are not perfetct that's why they get angry and disagree and fight,
god didn't want people to be perfect.
2006-12-07 06:08:36 · answer #10 · answered by mimi c 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋