Why Does God allow suffering?

Suffering was never God's intention for the human race. God allowed suffering to enter this world because men and women choose to sin. Some religions teach karma, and some teach cause and effect, but the principle is the same. When the human consciousness develops and insensitivity to God who we all were made in His image, we actually forget that God is living in this world and suffers with those who are the most vulnerable. An insensitivity to the belief of God, or wrong thinking about God can lead even those in religion to cause great suffering to mankind their brothers and sisters. Preaching the bible is good, but even those who can preach love fail to act in loving ways which reflect the God they are choosing to worship. The purpose of religion is to save souls, but it is also to change the person. God didn't give us free will and faith so we could claim our souls were saved and live with no motivation be be better people.

The Christian gospel is a gospel that is to be active not passive, in the same way that God is active in His world. If God was inactive in this world we would all be in hell right now. Because God chooses to use His power to show that He still exists, we can have faith that one day all suffering will end. When we put anything above God, God is displeased so the greatest sin is living in this world without giving God our full lives. The problem with some people of faith, is that they rest too easy thinking that they can live in any way because their sins are forgiven.

Yes, it is true that God forgives our sin, but the greatest sin that He won't forgive is our lack of love and full commitment to fully represent Him here on earth. Jesus taught this, and all the greatest saints christian and non-christian taught that they lived their lives in total surrender to the will of God for their lives. The reason why we suffer is because some of us don't love God more than our own lives, and for that this God will hold them accountable. To live for money and gain if you don't have it is not as great a sin as to live for money and gain if you already do have it. The reason why we suffer is because people don't want to live their lives totally for God, which causes them to act in ways that they hurt other people and hurt God in the process. There are natural laws which man must obey if he or she wants to be happy, and it is by breaking these natural laws that cause the greatest suffering in man, and in beast, and in the societies that we live. Some call it karma, some the ten commandments, what ever you call it, it is the breaking of these natural laws that causes suffering in man and woman. This is Mike.

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