W hy is there so much suffering
Reason 1: Free will
T he man is not a slave to God, but God has endowed him with free will as his image. This results in the choice between good and bad with all its consequences. That means the guilt for all the suffering that man has. Because every person decides for himself whether he wants to do something good or bad to someone.
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If we start from the Christian image of God, which is founded on the equation of a last or first principle (God!) With the good, beautiful and true (according to Plato, followed by the great metaphysicians of Occident), God can never determine the cause or be the originator of evil and suffering in the world. Therefore, the question of suffering in the world can only be answered from the perspective of freedom: because man makes free decisions himself, he can also decide against the will of God and in this way cause moral evil and suffering in the world.
Reason 2: the laws of nature
T he suffering is caused not only by itself (caused by the free will of man) in morally evil, but also arises from the subject to the law of causality nature that suggest themselves as neutral can, and therefore beyond good and evil in eternal becoming is understood. We also commonly refer to this as “bad things in nature”, which includes, for example, all natural disasters (earthquakes, storms, volcanic eruptions, etc.), diseases and the like. This “bad” is only defined as such by humans and, strictly speaking, is actually neutral, i.e. neither good nor bad. It is immanent in the cosmic law of eternal becoming, the laws of nature. This eternal natural law does not make any moral distinction between good and bad, it is simply a matter of neutral natural processes. God has given nature or the universe this neutral dynamic of its own, similar to a "perpetuum mobile" that has been triggered once. Because we as humans are subject to matter, we unfortunately have to come to terms with these natural processes. At the same time, however, we know that our life is finite and that we only have to come to terms with such adversities for this limited time. Instead, we can put all our hopes in a perfect heavenly world after death to be striven for. According to this we should orient our whole life by obeying the divine laws.
G od consoles
Three aspects are still important when it comes to the question of suffering:
God stays there. He is not a fair weather god who disappears when things get uncomfortable, like some friends who are suddenly no longer there. Even in the midst of suffering, God is always with you.
Sometimes God intervenes and heals. This is not tied to particularly great faith or powerful prayer. He just does it. But if he doesn't step in directly, that doesn't mean you don't believe enough. Or he doesn't love you.
At some point all suffering is over. The Bible closes with the promise that God will "dry all tears" one day ( Revelation 21: 4 ).
Your suffering may continue. You may not get an answer at first. But it definitely has an end. Until then, however, it is the hardest question that you and I face as humans.