If God loves us, why does he make us suffer?

Question

I knowi's been asked a 1000 times, but if there is a god, and he does love us, why does he make us suffer so much? Why not simply make our average life expectancy NATURALLY shorter (if space is the issue) so we only expect to live for 40 years, then we'd all be much happier. Look at the list of the things he's done to make us miserable.
Tsunami
9/11
7/7
Iraq bombings and insurgency
Idi Amin
Titanic
My Hayfever
Papa Doc
Stalin
Hitler (who was a practising Catholic btw)
WW1
Oklahoma Bombings
The student yesterday in Virginia
Kiddie Fiddlers
Merseyside
Robert Mugabe
Rwanda
Sid and Eddie

The list goes on?

What is his motive?

Answer 1

"God didn't do any of those things. Stop blaming God for all the bad things" How CONVENIENT! Don't blame god for the bad things but he created all the good things..

Answer 2

Why Does God Let Us Suffer?

That's a question that almost everyone has asked at one point or another. But it's a really good question, and it actually has a really good answer.

Jesus said: "He that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved." (Matthew 24:3, 13) Jesus' words encourage us to take a long-range view. We must be prepared to endure many unpleasant situations before the end finally comes.

But, is God the one to blame for the suffering?
Does it makes sense, then, to be angry with God because he permits suffering? Not when you consider that God has promised to end all suffering. Nor does it make sense to feel that God causes bad things to happen. Many tragic happenings are simply the result of random events. Imagine, for example, that the wind blows a tree down and it injures someone. People may call this an act of God. But God did not make that tree fall down. The Bible helps us to appreciate that such things are simply the sad result of "time and unforeseen occurrence."—Ecclesiastes 9:11.

Check out the links in source, and I hope this helps to answer some of your questions.

Answer 3

have faith it or no longer he does not. even have faith it or no longer some human beings extremely prefer to go through. God loves us lots he provides us the choice to do what we would like, even nevertheless he knows that distinctive determination will harm us interior the long-term. as an instance: a youngster chooses to disobey his mothers and dads by using having a party while they are actually not domicile. the mothers and dads come domicile early and floor their newborn. the youngster suffers as a results of the punishment. Whose fault is it that he's suffering? Do you think of his mothers and dads do no longer love him because of the punishment they imposed. might desire to they only have permit him have the party, or do you think of it is because of the fact they love him they punish him? God provides anybody with loose determination. the particularly some undesirable judgements have repercussions that final for years (having an abortion, making an investment interior the incorrect inventory) final for years, if no longer a existence time. between the various techniques I variety with God is that i do no longer want anybody in heaven - no people who're merciless to animals, no torturers, no hunters, no newborn molesters and so on. yet then each and every now and lower back the assumption includes me that possibly some human beings does not want me in heaven the two. thank you be to God that he provides anybody a similar determination. human beings prefer to pass to heaven, merely like they like to pass to hell.

Answer 4

Either He's not to blame (which would seem ludicrous, since He controls everything in the entire universe) or suffering is character building (so, apparently are ice cold showers and forced marches).

Makes me glad I don't believe if the best the Believers can come up with is an inconsistency or a sadist.

I liked that you put Merseyside on the list of 'atrocities', I'm sure it went over most of their heads.
Well, at least someone can stand up and say "I appreciate your humour".

Answer 5

We chose to suffer the outrageous of this world so we can learn and grow spiritually. If it was all cotton candy and bliss, what would be the point?

Remember the shoot out in the Amish school? Remember how their first request was for prayers for the family and forgiveness to the shooter? What a wonderful lesson they gave the world, particularly now when so many religous people are yammering for us to nuke Iran and hang gays etc.

Their love overcame this tragedy and shone light into the world.

Answer 6

I think a more realistic theory is that there are many gods in contention for the dominance of the human race. They do battle through us, whether it's Jehovah, Allah, God, Zeus, Satan, whomever else.

Perhaps they wield their influence to provoke people to action and have them be their soldiers in the corporeal realm.

Answer 7

God does not do anything to promote suffering. On the other hand He doesn't do anything to prevent suffering. He love us and wants us to love Him. Loving God does not keep God from letting bad things happen to you- that would be equivalent to Him bribing us. In trusting in Him, however, he gives us the ability to overcome horrors and hardships. The Bible points out that ours is a fallen world and our brief time on this planet is not all there is.

Answer 8

If you believe that God is completely reponsible for all these things, then you can only believe that all the people involved who planned and executed them had not choice in the matter.

If people have no choices, then why are you ever worried about it? You won't be able to change your behaviour anyway.

Try a logically consistant argument next time.

Answer 9

I'm sorry the list you have made is a result of life, this world and humans free will . . . .can't put blame on God for everything. We were never promised that life here would be easy and free from turmoil and pain, but we were promised to not have to walk through it alone.

Answer 10

Hinduism believes the two contrasts - love hate etc are created by human beings. Everyone is divine and the thing is they are not properly nourished
A seed which is not properly taken care cannot give fruitful things.

Answer 11

Even though we all suffer at times,we learn to get stronger.And as we learn in thisverse from the Quran''On no soul doth Allah place a burden greater than it can bear. ''
So realy we as humans can handle it

[286] On no soul doth Allah place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; our Lord! lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; help us against those who stand against Faith."