Does a loving GOD allow his creation to suffer for good reason or is it just that GOD is a sadist?

Answer 1

He can be both loving and sadistic. All-powerful beings do it all the time! If you were all-powerful perfect being with infinite power, what would you do all day? Knit? I think not! Love all beings, and then slip in a little torture, just to make the universe an interesting place! :-)

Answer 2

If it was Adam’s decision to disobey God that brought sin into the world, why do we ALL have to suffer punishment?
If we are honest with ourselves, we will realize that Adam is a fair representative for all of us. If a perfect person in a perfect place decided to disobey God’s rules, none of us would have done better. Romans 5:12 says, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” We all inherit Adam’s sin nature. We all sin, so we all deserve to die and suffer eternal punishment in hell. We must understand that not one of us is innocent before God. Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Not one of us is worthy to stand before the Creator of the universe because we would each bring a sinful, rebellious nature into His presence.
In the beginning God completely sustained His creation without blemish. That’s why it was perfect. He held every atom together in a perfect state. He kept the planets in their orbits. He kept animals from tripping and breaking their necks. He did not allow people to suffer and die.
Deuteronomy 8:4 gives us a little glimpse of how things might have been in the original creation. “Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.” God is omnipotent and perfectly capable of sustaining and protecting his creation.
When Adam sinned, however, the Lord cursed the universe. In essence there was a change and along with that change God seemingly took away a little bit of his sustaining power and allowed things like suffering and death into His creation. Now He permits bad things to happen—and this is a reminder that sin has consequences and that the world needs a Savior. Romans 8:22 says, “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

God took pleasure in all of His creation ("http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=revelation+4:11&version=NKJV"), but He loved people most of all. He allowed the created universe to deteriorate so we would see the consequences of our sin. If we did not see the consequences of our sin, we would never see that we need salvation from our sin, and we would never accept His offer of mercy for our sin. Most people easily recognize that there is a problem in the world. This can be used to show them that there is one who has overcome this problem of death and suffering—Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

It was once explained to me this way even though this is not necessarily what I believe:

Let's say that you are a parent. You have a child who is 9 years old. This child wants to go skateboarding with their new skateboard. Now, you, the far wiser adult, know that your child could get hurt if they skateboard. Skateboarding is a dangerous sport even if they wear protective gear. You love your child and don't want to see them get hurt but you also know that you can't protect them all the time. Would you allow your child to experience skateboarding even if you have the power to prevent them the pain of their decision?

Answer 4

Is God actively sadistic? I don't know and don't think anyone can know but he does admit to being jealous and the Old Testament makes his wrath fairly obvious.

Answer 5

God is building a remnant of people who will not be doing the things that we do to each other on this earth.

In order to do this, we have to learn the consequences of this behavior. The only way to learn is by experiencing it.
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Do you want to be a part of it?
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Answer 6

God allows his free-will creatures to experience the results of the choices they make in life.

If we are suffering it's because of how we choose to treat each other.

God is waiting with perfect Love and forgiveness for us to learn the error of our ways, to see every human being as perfect and divine just as he does, so that we may create the paradise on earth we all say we want.

Answer 7

I'm a Muslim & according to my relegion god let his creation suffer to test them and their faith and so we earn his credit if we were sensible in our bad times

Answer 8

In the words of Marilyn Manson...
"I'm not a slave to a God that doesn't exist. I'm not a slave to a wrold that doesn't give a sh*t."

Now, I'd like to point out my biggest flaw with the bible.
God. Vengful and full of spite.
God. Loving with a plan for us all.
Are these two beings with nothing in common except for their connection to humans the same?
It sure doesn't seem like it.

Answer 9

he does it for a reason. and for whatever reason, it is necessary. he may do it sometimes because, lets say you have a decision to make and you make the wrong choice. you have to suffer the consequences because you made the wrong choice. sometimes its a warning to other people.

Answer 10

Don't blame God for the actions of mankind.