'Why does God allow suffering?'

'Why does God allow suffering?' Dec 29, 2019 10:37:29 GMT via mobile theravenking and FilmFlaneur like this

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Post by The Lost One on Dec 29, 2019 10:37:29 GMT

Dec 28, 2019 17:21:00 GMT OldSamVimes said:

Dec 28, 2019 15:49:39 GMT The Lost One said:

The problem with this argument is an infinity with no suffering would still be preferable to an infinity with a little bit of suffering. A maximally good God should therefore prefer the former.

For a theodicy to work, I think it needs to show that suffering is necessary for some greater good.

You don't think an eternity of bliss (or absence of suffering) would get boring?

How would you know what you're experiencing is a lack of suffering if you've never experienced suffering?

But relatively speaking some people do experience much more suffering than others - if suffering is necessary to appreciate the absence of suffering later, why do some suffer much more than others? Should God not ensure that people just have the minimum amount of suffering necessary to appreciate the lack of suffering later and no more? Even if we allow that much suffering is caused by human free will, there is also an abundance of suffering due to natural evil which is not distributed evenly.

And if an eternity with no suffering would be boring, an eternity with a relatively little bit of suffering at the start would soon get boring too, no?