Evil and suffering exist.
Not exact matches
If you believe in God / Christ, then you have peace that no more
suffering, pain, death, bickering among humans, corruption, death,
and all of mankinds
evil deeds, etc. etc. will
exist when you exit this earth.
God therefore is not unaffected by a world in which there
exist discord, hatred,
evil and suffering.
On the one hand, I've heard that
evil exists because of human choice
and that
suffering is the result of rebellion against God, but on the other, I've been told that fallen humans have no choice but to sin because it is inherent to their nature,
and God sovereignly allows
suffering to continue.
Above all, he simply couldn't comprehend what it was about the moral argument that had possessed her to become a Christian, especially in a world in which her God allowed such
evil and suffering to
exist.
The new brings creative possibilities that did not
exist before
and with them new possibilities of
evil and suffering.
Let a man who, by fortunate health
and circumstances, escapes the
suffering of any great amount of
evil in his own person, also close his eyes to it as it
exists in the wider universe outside his private experience,
and he will be quit of it altogether,
and can sail through life happily on a healthy - minded basis.
Many people have a wrong view of history, God,
and human nature so if you want real answers as to why death,
suffering,
and evil exist read this http://www.answersingenesis.org/assets/pdf/radio/death-
and-
suffering.pdf
This is true, but it does little torespond to the conundrum presented: How could a benevolent God allow
evil and suffering to
exist?
The problem of
suffering is usually posed as a question: «If God is all - powerful
and all good, why does he allow
evil to
exist in the world?»
Leading on from this students explore
evil and suffering in relation to the qualities of God
and discuss how God can allow
evil and suffering to
exist.
By the end of this lesson children should understand the different sorts of
evil and suffering that
exist,
and should be able to relate the problem of
evil and suffering to the existence of God.