God causes suffering, true or false?

Question

Please explain

We cause suffering, what about;
Earthquakes and other natural disasters that kill millions?

How could we cause them?

Answer 1

False. I firmly believe that God does not make people sick; and God does not want people to suffer. We can see this by looking at the life of Jesus. He healed the sick. he cured people people. He did not make them sick! The fact is, we live in a world where evil abounds. It is rampant throughout every aspect of creation. We are subject to the evil actions of sinful people around us.

However ... John 16:33: "In this world you will have tribulation. But be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world." (Or as another translations puts it: "Take courage, I've deprived it of its power to harm and conquer you.")

Answer 2

If you mean the Jewish/Christian god, then yes, he supposedly does. He openly admits it in the Bible:

Isaiah 45:6-7
I am the Lord, and there is no other God who forms the light and creates darkness, who makes peace and creates evil.

Amos 3:6
Shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not done?

So, there is God's mea culpa, for whatever that is worth...

In response to Mark185...
No, I am using it entirely correctly considering the question at hand. Tom S has referred to events such as earthquakes and natural disasters - this is exactly what the verse in Isaiah was referring to.

For someone that claims that the "word of God" should be given "reverence and respect" you are awfully quick to jump in and make declarations as to what the correct translations would be for verses. Reverence and respect incorporates a certain degree of humility which is entirely absent in the hubris you display in asserting the correctness of your interpretation of Biblical verses.

Answer 3

False. Suffering exists because evil exists. God cannot and did not cause suffering because He is not evil. Rather, God is pure and holy.... God is love... and God is the only hope we have. You may ask, well did God cause evil.? But again, he could not and did not. Scientists will tell you there is no such thing as true cold or true dark. Cold is actually defined as the absence of heat, and dark is the absence of light. Similarly, evil is the absence of good. It therefore cannot be caused by good.

Answer 4

Straight to the point:


God does not cause suffering, BUT he does allow it.

Why?

Because he wants to prove Satan wrong in the whole questioning of governing humans. Satan said, that humans can govern themselves without God's help. God on the other hand could have destroyed Satan right there on the spot, but what message would he be sending to all the angles that were present when Satan made sucha a statement?

So instead, God let Satan prove his point and gave him time to prove to everyone, that Satan is a liar.

It kept it short for convenience.

Answer 5

perplexing question. i replace into raised Catholic, and Ive been attempting to distance myself from it ever considering that i replace right into a teenager. Im constantly plauged with guilt, I constantly sense like Im being punished for having a stable time, basically using fact I had it drilled into me that each and everything that feels stable is a SIN. i don't think of suffering strengthens faith, yet I do think of suffering could make a much better guy or woman, it may fertilize your soul, yet thats on condition that it doesnt desroy it! Its an fairly risky thank you to tutor human beings the staggering direction, while rewards artwork lots greater suitable! job won't have lost his faith in God, yet hes additionally a metaphor. each and everything in the bible desires a pinch of salt and many examination, that's in spite of each and everything, a historic source, not a record of absolute reality!

Answer 6

We all suffer, both believers and unbelievers. Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, not only suffered on earth, but suffered as a punishment for things He never committed!

To say that God causes it is really not a fair question. God is totally in control. In fact, He even uses the devil. But, to insinuate that God is not good because He supposedly causes suffering is just not a well asked question...by the wording itself, you force the answerer into your box, rather than a real answer.

Whether we suffer or not, God is good enough to help us through it all -- even death. Out of love for us, God the Father sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, so that all who believe in Him shall receive remission of sins and salvation. That's a God that shows us mercy. We derserve eternal hell for our sins -- even just one little white lie when placed before the majestic perfect just righteousness of God. God is not fair; rather, He is full of love. Because, He sent His Son to live a sinless life and die a sin-bearing death for you and me. What's fair about that? Yet, through this He showed love and mercy to us all. God is the Giver of good gifts.

Through suffering, the faithful persevere, increasing their faith. The peace and hope from the indwelling Holy Spirit does not depend on our suffering, position or lot in life, etc. That peace passes understanding, for it's source is not rooted in our circumstances, rather the Lord. So, even in times of testing and adversity, both of which can come from God, the believer can withstand at peace through the grace of Jesus.

Deut. 32:39 sums alot up for me, "See now that I, I am He, and there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand."

By the way, folks above, like Azure, do not use the correct translational words when quoting the Bible. For example, in Isa. 45:7 it says, "THe One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity." Calamity is not evil, as stated in Azure's answer. This is nothing new...from Job, perhaps the earliest written book of the Bible, from suffering in his adversity, Job still says that "...calamity from God is a terror to me," [Job 31:23] This is from Job, who was considered a blameless, upright, God-fearing man, who turned away from evil [Job. 1:1] Perhaps, therefore, when we read 'fear the Lord', we should not be so ready to swap 'reverence' in its place. Personally, I think we should have a healthy literal fear of God with a heavy dose of reverence and respect.

Answer 7

False.

God has opened up every possibility in this world. We are victims only if by our own choosing. If God were to only guide us to non-suffering, then we would cease to be beings created with free will.

Suffering is defined, created and endured by humans....not God.

Answer 8

He did mistake to himself and his products are of not obeydient, The desire cannot be fulfill to cause waiting the result and want the result. Those are the stretch and pressure caused him suffering.

Answer 9

False. Man by exercising his own Free Will and Satan create suffering and evil.

Answer 10

(John 10:10 KJV) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
The thief is Satan, Satan is the ones that bring sickness and such, but it is man's sinful actions like abortion that opens the doors to operate without hindrance.