I cannot see any point.I know I should not question it,because there must be some reason,everything has a reason,purpose...
2007-06-24 08:54:02 · 23 answers · asked by I dont know 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It produces Perseverance. Perseverance produces character and character produces hope that never fails.
2007-06-24 09:13:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jan P 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I often used to wonder about this myself, but I've come to the conclusion that rather than God having a point to letting people suffer, people suffer to learn. I believe that we all have lessons to learn, and suffering is a great teacher.
When I look back on my life, I find that a very traumatic event (the murder of an immediate relateive), taught me compassion, and empathy for peoples suffering. After coming through the very difficult period afterwards, as I started my slow recovery, I found some changes in myself. My intuition has increased drastically, my ability to relat to the suffering of others has increased, I am no longer so judgemental about situations that people find themselves in. I have also found a belief that is different to the faith that I was brought up in. I do not belong to a particular religion, but have absolute certainty in the existence of God. Overall, I would say that I am a better person through having had to suffer so much, and I have learnt a lot of lessons. Which brings me back to my original point that people have to suffer to learn and grow from the experience.
2007-06-24 09:19:54 · answer #2 · answered by morning star 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God has many reasons. It would be silly to give you one answer. Each situation is unique. For some, it teaches a lesson. For others, it brings them to humility. For others, it is a way of showing sacrificial love. For others, it is a form of punishment. The list goes on. There are probably multiple reasons for even one occurrence.
Faith is about trusting in the person of God. If believe "God is good," then no matter what happens, we will believe that God is allowing it for a greater good or purpose that we can't understand.
2007-06-24 09:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by beenblake 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
...He knows you want to be an atheist, but he gives you the choice to decide what to do. All the evidence is here, but only you can choose.
There are a lot of things that we (humans) may never fully understand. Playing "god" is something we could never even fathom. This issue can become pretty deep for those that really want to know, but technically, since mankind (adam and eve) decided to sin, there has now been a need for justice. Since God is a just God, there are consequences for man's actions.
2007-06-24 09:06:32 · answer #4 · answered by xtreme_devotion_120 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i do not see the point or purpose of say letting a God fearing 80 yrs old person suffering cancer pains.I cannot say God wld allow a thing like that.Many sufferings of diseases/death that happen around the world today can be stopped by common quinninne or asprin but people do not have access to gp or medicine.so i feel God exit but not as in the way/ or roles we attribute to him as He,s giving us freewill and choice and therefore maynot be an interferring God
2007-06-24 09:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by G.xi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This assumes the existence of a god. I have huge difficulty in accepting that a so-called loving god permits suffering and the various excuses for this are just intellectual cop-outs. If God (and I presume we mean the Christian version) permits suffering then either he is not loving or not omnipotent. If the latter, is he a god at all?
2007-06-24 19:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is not making a point with people suffering... it's just part of being human, of having feelings. If we did not have the capacity to feel bad, we wouldn't have the capacity to understand or appreciate feeling good.
2007-06-24 09:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by MSB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They say you cannot prove a negative, but for me, the existence of suffering is the proof that God does not exist, or at least that he is not what people say he is.
If people suffer, it means that either God could not prevent it, which shows he is not omnipotent or that he did not want to prevent it which shows he is not kind and caring.
God is the name for all the physical laws of nature. And nature does not care.
2007-06-24 09:21:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We are here to be tried and tested. Will we depend on God or not? Unfortunately, we are such dense creatures, that most of the time we refuse to turn to God until things get bad...we don't remember God, until we are suffering.
Also, with out pain and suffering...we cannot truly understand joy and peace. There needs be opposition in all things.
2007-06-24 09:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by LDS~Tenshi~ 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He does not want us to suffer. We suffer because we choose not to put all our trust in Him in it's entirety. If we did, then the things which we think cause our suffering would gently wash past us. It is our perception of events which cause us to suffer, not the events themselves. But God gave us emotions, that are symptoms of our suffering, so that we may recognise when all is not right with our perceptions, so that we might alter them and grow spiritually.
2007-06-24 11:25:56 · answer #10 · answered by itchy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Were all in training to know the difference between good and evil, and to know, we must experience. Isn't it wonderful that He made our time on this earth short, and our time with Him an eternity?
2007-06-24 09:02:30 · answer #11 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋