From: chen@crimson.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp (U.Chen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: Existence of God
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:38:53 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan


>>Can somebody enlighten me on this question:
>>
>>If God is All Powerful and All Loving, why does He allow sufferings
>>to exist?  Why did He create humankind with the propensity for
>>Greed, Hatred and Delusions and then allow us to murder and harm
>>each other?
>
>>Thanks
>
>>C. M. Tan
>
>Tan, this is a good and big question . I do not think it is a simple question
>that one can answer it by a few words .  
>
>Basically the sufferings are a direct consequence of sin. If sin has never
>entered into this world, there should have had no sufferings. Sin brings
>more than sufferings, it brings death : physical and spiritual death.
>
>Yes, God has the power to prevent all this  if He choose not to give men
>free will . But God did give human race free will and men chose not to obey Him.
>And sin entered the world. Is free will a bad thing? I bet not. We all enjoy
>free will now . I am glad that I am not a robot . I think that the first test in
>the Garden of Eden was meant to tell us that we can not know what is good
>and what is evil without God's standard. Without God's law, we do not think
>greed, hatred ,murder and such things as evil.  Those murderers would become
>heroes without God's law. That we know these things are evil  indicates that
>God has put some standard in our hearts. Adam and Eve knew what is good and
>what is evil after they ate the fruit, they knew that only God is good, only
>God's word is good, though it was too late.     
>
>Yes, God is all loving that He wants to save us from sin and to give us
>eternal life. He gave His son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for our sins
>and by trusting in Jesus we can be saved and have eternal life. 
>God is all loving that He suffered because of  our sins. Jesus suffered all
>the pains and humiliations because of our sins. When He returns we will see
>the print of the nails on His hands. Our God is a loving God , He suffered
>all the sufferings we can possibly go through, He understands our weaknesses,
>He wants us to turn away from our sins and come to Him. He promises  that
> "there shall be no more death,nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no 
>more pain." (Rev 21:4)  
>
>Our God is a loving God. Without God we have no hope, nor peace, nor life;
>and we are lost and will suffer for ever in our sins. God is all loving, He
>has prepared the eternal life for every one of us. We can have His promise
>of eternal life today by coming to Jesus. Please accept God's wonderful love
>today . May His love and grace be with you always. Amen. 
>
>--
>jcai@phys.ksu.edu
>

This post may be taken as the reply to questions asked by some
netters. However I think this is not the right group to discuss the
topic, though it is very important for each of us. I mean that we
should establish the rational sense in the faith.

For more information, please refer to soc.religion.christian. There
are good discussions on the relation between science and God, etc.

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