'Why does God allow suffering?'

'Why does God allow suffering?' Dec 30, 2019 13:46:01 GMT

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Post by OldSamVimes on Dec 30, 2019 13:46:01 GMT

Dec 30, 2019 13:26:43 GMT Eva Yojimbo said:

Dec 30, 2019 11:26:18 GMT OldSamVimes said:

In the question 'Why would/does God allow suffering', there are assumptions you can make even though I agree with you that no human mind can 'know God'.

No matter what kind of God the belief is in, there is always connected to it the belief that 'When we die that's not it'.

If when you die, 'that's not it', your suffering here is given a different perspective.

A walk in the woods on a beautiful day is all the evidence I need.

This doesn't seem to have much to do with what I said. To answer "why would/does God allow suffering?" first requires God existing to be answerable, otherwise you might as well ask "how many angles can fit on the head of a pin?" or "do Gargoyles hate elves?"

How is a walk in the woods on a beautiful day evidence of anything beyond the fact that our brains evolved towards appreciating certain aesthetics?

This thread is about people who ask the question 'Why does God allow suffering'?

Or, 'If there's a God, why would He allow suffering?'

In both instances we're assuming some sort of God exists for the sake of the question. It's a philosophical question and 'proof of God' doesn't enter into it at all.

Have our brains evolved towards appreciating certain aesthetics? Why is it that many people can walk past a beautiful sunset and not notice anything spectacular? Perhaps a feeling of awe is the default and all our conditioning with schools and media limit and narrow our perspectives?