Why would God allow suffering to exist?

[WelperHelper99]

Suffering makes you stronger. You don't learn anything if life is nice and sunny. You must be forged by trials.

 

[Meriasek]

Intervention would spoil the experiment.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

"Why do god give us more kibble than wets, if wets are better? "

 

[Brightstar777]

Suffering makes you stronger. You don't learn anything if life is nice and sunny. You must be forged by trials.

Based

 

[skykiii]

Here's a question for OP:

... What exactly would a world without suffering look like?

Like seriously, define it for me. Because my own mind goes to two things: First, a world where nothing exists. Second, a world where we're all mindless consumers who never have to struggle because everything we want is magically granted to us.

Both sound kinda shit in my eyes.

Humans inherently want to dream big and aspire and reach for things and have a reason to act. A world that is too perfect denies us this.

Some of us actually live in a version of the second world I imagined above and those people are clearly not happy, rightfully feeling like they're missing something or were screwed out of life. There's a reason such people will then turn to fantasy novels about a farmboy who overcomes incredible odds, or get obsessed with Dark Souls, etc. A human soul demands something to work against.

I can't speak for God obviously, but a race that never suffers.... would probably be little different from the fucking Sims.

 

[Roast Chicken]

Suffering makes you stronger. You don't learn anything if life is nice and sunny. You must be forged by trials.

Case in point:

Look at this lil' dude. Horribly immolated with no eyes or hands but he got to pretend to be a police officer for a day. AND he learned that fire was dangerous from an early age.

 

[Lain Poster]

Because nothing about the "god" story makes even the slightest amount of sense so why wouldn't he? All versions of god are a total incoherent mess so you can basically come up with any answer and be "correct".

 

[Brightstar777]

Because nothing about the "god" story makes even the slightest amount of sense so why wouldn't he? All versions of god are a total incoherent mess so you can basically come up with any answer and be "correct".

Look inside yourself..

 

[Lain Poster]

Look inside yourself..

For what? My opinions on god being total bullshit aren't going to change.

 

[Brightstar777]

For what? My opinions on god being total bullshit aren't going to change.

it might change with time

 

[Lain Poster]

it might change with time

I hope I never require the absurd crutch of "god" in my life.

 

[RandomTwitterGuy]

God is either evil, dont care, or does not exist.

While I can not claim that god does not exist with full knowledge. I can claim that YOUR god does not exist.

 

[Brightstar777]

God is either evil, dont care, or does not exist.

While I can not claim that god does not exist with full knowledge. I can claim that YOUR god does not exist.

All options are wrong, you are retard

 

[RandomTwitterGuy]

All options are wrong, you are retard

He is all-powerful and all-knowing, so does he not know a better way to make mankind believe rather than make people suffer?

 

[Brightstar777]

He is all-powerful and all-knowing, so does he not know a better way to make mankind believe rather than make people suffer?

you are retard

 

[Devout Muslim]

Why does OP allow a shit ass to exist? Wipe your ass after you shit.

 

[RandomTwitterGuy]

you are retard

You are afraid to answer as you know you have no answer.

 

[rareblacklobster]

God must really hate those starving African children. I also hate those dirty nigglets.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Suffering is a consequence of free will and a part of living.

Conversely, Gods power is so great that to it simply wouldn't be feasible to use it on such an endeavor as it would create greater suffering before it would bring the end result. Think the great flood for example.

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

Conversely, Gods power is so great that to it simply wouldn't be feasible to use it on such an endeavor as it would create greater suffering before it would bring the end result. Think the great flood for example.

So suffering exists because God is clumsy? Omnipotence and feasibility are not compatible ideas - if you're omnipotent, everything is feasible by definition.