why people believe in a god that allows people to suffer?

Answer 1

People are sheep. People need to be lead.

For many it is easier to belive in god, then to think about what life is.

Answer 2

Because the reality is far more than what we see and the authority of God is far greater than a finite mind like mine can fathom. I believe in God because I know those who suffer for no reason will have justice! I have no doubt about that. With that kind of security who am I to instruct God?

Answer 3

Perhaps the aspects and interactive products of God as geometrized levels of Energy and the cause and effect of human exercise of ability to choose elude them.

Perhaps the course and effect of lifestreams, in the face of prior knowing to the contrary, electing to take embodiment in Matter, eludes them. The first estate of Man is in an octave of Light beyond this physical universe. By electing to become a compound idea in matter, Man plays by the rules of the physical universe.

God doesn't "allow" man to suffer; man, by moving from Oneness, chose physical suffering as a potential part of a process of mastering a greater density.

This process of "devolution" or "entanglement" occurred over millions of years, slowly, almost imperceptibly. At each stage of karmic entanglement, lifestreams could turn and seek the Light.

For those who have continued into physical vehicles, experiencing and experimenting at this vibration, there is an impersonal aspect of energy which acts as an impersonal law. It is indeed the Mercy of God and Hierarchy which brought forth Law per Moses, Grace per Jesus, and many Saints' efforts. Without these Rays of Light, mankind would be even more clueless, finding what self-seeking godless postmodernism now finds: relativism, materialism, reductionism, monumental synthetic egoism.

Belief in a "God which allows suffering" is somewhat infantile, somewhat traditional, somewhat reactionary. God is love, and drawing nigh to divine Love brings healing and wholeness. However, there are so many layers of injustice and entanglement for most people, that it does ask of people the wisdom and perspective to perceive the many self-inflicted causes of suffering which have accumulated over the centuries.

"When God doesn't make sense," we are viewing God as a cosmic butler or bully, when in reality people's own misdeeds are the energy-veiling, e-veiling, eviling.

Check into "Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet,
"Men in White Apparel," Ann Ree Colton, "Man, Master of His Destiny," Aivanhov, "Life before Life," Jim Tucker, M.D., and "The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", Free and Wilcock.

cordially,

j.

Answer 4

God and the devil had a conversation.The devil said that people believe in God only when life is good for them.When things turn bad ,they cease to believe in Him.The people blame God for acts as if He did not exist.God,therefore allowed the devil one century in which to exercise an extended power over the World,and the devil chose the twentieth century.Are you starting to get the picture?

EDIT....The Blessed Virgin Mary says "You have forgotten that with PRAYER and FASTING you can ward off wars and suspend natural laws".

Answer 5

it is my belief that God has granted humans free will. That is the ability to have agency and make choices.

But why give free will to humans and then prevent them from making wrong choices (As it is often choices that cause others to suffer which i consider wrong).

To give meaning to free will we must be able to make bad choices. So it is not god who allows people to suffer. it is people who make peopel suffer.

Then you can say why did god create humans if we were going to make so many bad choices. i think deep down we know that what is right and what is wrong. and we need to ask ourselves why we dont make better choices. i think we have all the God-given toold to do this.

Answer 6

people are people..we all handle the any given situation differently, that's what makes us unique, what might be suffering to you may be a walk in the park for another,that's why we should never judge till we walk in another persons shoes, I know I have suffered (to me) and someone said "suck it up princess" I was devastated. that I wasn't heard or understood. God was there, he created her and me, yes he allowed it, he created it (us) he was in the whole situation, I guess he wants us to grow from whatever life has to offer. Sometimes I wish I was Given a silver spoon.... But I have lived loved and laughed on the one that was handed to me.... god bless us all.

Answer 7

I am my own God, and I allow others to suffer, cause I am only responsible for myself and can't save everyone. however, I will go out of my way to help my friends and ease their suffering,if it's possible.

Answer 8

these are all mostly sad, wrong answers.

youre asking why do people believe in a god...etc.

well, what do you believe.

regardless of my personal, deep down beliefs (i was raised catholic) there are a few, vitally more important things to consider here.

1) i think its silly to believe that 'god' just one day snapped his fingers and *poof!* we were here. the whole seven days, adam and eve thing.
ON THE OTHER HAND- i also think its silly to believe that we just HAPPENED to develop from bacteria, invertebrates, mammals, monkeys, etc. (even over millions of years) and that we just HAPPENED to have this innate sense to learn, grow, develop, etc. and that, by SHEER chance, we're on this beautiful planet with everything we need to survive. and that theres no where else, no one else like us.
make sense?
so like i said above, regardless of my deep down, blahblahblah you have stop and ADMIT, that somewhere, somehow there is something or someone that gave us a push, a spark or just helped everything along. we can call that 'god'.
NOT believing in A god being of some sort is JUST as silly as the suicide bombers believing theyre going to heaven or the super orthodox creationists.

2) ALL belief systems, personal convictions, theories, systems of conduct, etc. address suffering. the concept of suffering and why and how it happens actually have little to do with god. youre speaking about religion. buddhism (not technically a religion)- its whole reason for existing deals with suffering. christianity deals with it, judaism deals with it (a lot, just think about it), native american religions, islam, etc. etc al.
buddhism has it down best right now- to live is to suffer. other than our sentience, our suffering is the only other thing that makes us human.

SO- your question. why do people believe in a god that allows suffering? well, ask yourself what you believe in.
dont get me wrong, people like to lie to themselves (and others) all the time. but do you really think that as existing for roughly 30000 years, we dont GET that suffering happens? we know its coming. but we're human; we look for something to HOPE in. (another thing that separates us and makes us great.) and my point is, do you really think that people would honestly believe in a god that makes everything perfect and right? can't happen. just think about it. things arent perfect and arent right all the time.

in movies, good guys are only good because theres a bad guy. that doesnt make the good guy perfect. at all. but that nots the point, is it?

make sense?

and think about it the way i do- if god really looks at us as his most prized creation, his most beautiful 'thing' with the most potential, what would it say about us and his 'love' if he patronized us and made everything right? we wouldnt be so incredible, would be?
we're meant to get it wrong. we're meant to suffer. what people dont realize is that we're ALSO meant to get it right.
thats why people dont sugar coat god.

hope that helps.

Answer 9

God is not making anyone suffer, the devil is. God gave the devil dominion over the world. God also gave us FREE WILL..

Answer 10

Many people seem to think that an Almighty God should help people because they are in trouble and because he is God.

That is not how things work. It is a reciprocal relationship. In the book of Proverbs, we learn that God says to those in trouble, because you didn't listen to me when I called, I in return shall not listen to you when you call (call for help when in disasters).

Thus our obedience to the social contract, to help the poor, to assist each other -- this social contract has been broken by all nations world wide. This part of our worship to God and the fact that we dole out millions, no billions on war, but pennies on peace -- causes God's anger toward us.

The evil that permeates society, theft, murder, rank greed and not permitting the poor wage earner enough to feed himself and his family -- causes God's anger to be kilned in God's fury's oven.

Let the wicked man leave his wicked ways and wicked thoughts, perhaps God will have mercy on us then.

In regard to natural disasters, have the righteous souls that do exist -- have they before the disaster comes close asked God in prayer, in faith for God to turn this away from them?

Or, do they in their unbelief not think that this can be done for them by God, that he doesn't have the power to control nature?

It is interesting that one scripture indicates that God lets evils happen for people to turn back to him. Then if they turn back, he repents and withdraws the evils from them.
^^^^^^^^
Jeremiah 6:28-30, They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. 29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away. 30Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them. (ASV)

Answer 11

What?

Would you rather that they believe in a god that that would give them everything and turn them into lazy bums?