If God exist, then why so much suffering?

[Jedi4Yahweh]

I heard a story today that was thought-provoking:

A man was at a barber shop getting his hair cut and he began telling the barber how God has been so good to him.  The barber interrupted him and said, "God does not exist! If God exists then why does God allow so much suffering to take place?"  The man did not have a good answer for the barber and was troubled by this question.  So as he was leaving the barbershop he noticed a homeless man standing outside the barbershop with long and scraggly hair.   The man walks back into the barbershop and tells the barber, "Barbers do not exist!  And if they did, then why does this homeless man have such long scraggly hair?".   The barber replied, "Barbers do exist!  The problem is he never came to see me so I could cut his hair."  The man smiled and winked at the barber as he left.

Edited February 16, 2023 by Jedi4Yahweh

[TrueFollowerOfChrist]

Clever story. I liked it.  Personally,  I've never understood how people could disbelieve in God. Suffering actually proves the existence of God, not disproves it. 

[farouk]

2 minutes ago, TrueFollowerOfChrist said:

Clever story. I liked it.  Personally,  I've never understood how people could disbelieve in God. Suffering actually proves the existence of God, not disproves it. 

I am reminded of Hebrews 11.6: "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

[Marilyn C]

48 minutes ago, Jedi4Yahweh said:

I heard a story today that was thought-provoking:

A man was at a barber shop getting his hair cut and he began telling the barber how God has been so good to him.  The barber interrupted him and said, "God does not exist! If God exists then why does God allow so much suffering to take place?"  The man did not have a good answer for the barber and was troubled by this question.  So as he was leaving the barbershop he noticed a homeless man standing outside the barbershop with long and scraggly hair.   The man walks back into the barbershop and tells the barber, "Barbers do not exist!  And if they did, then why does this homeless man have such long scraggly hair?".   The barber replied, "Barbers do exist!  The problem is he never came to see me so I could cut his hair."  The man smiled and winked at the barber as he left.

Hi Jedi,

That is a question most people ask and needs to be addressed. People think that God, being all powerful would just put an end to suffering. People don`t like looking at suffering so they want God to `run around ` and fix it all up, which would mean every moment of the day.

We tend to place suffering at the top of our list of what we want dealt with. However, to God, the worst is being apart from Him forever. Thus, suffering makes us address our mortality and the consequences of our actions before God. Although we don`t like looking at suffering, or suffering ourselves, it does however, make us vulnerable and perhaps empathetic to others.  

There is a time limit on suffering, however, praise the Lord.

Marilyn.

[com7fy8]

Jesus suffered on the cross, and suffering did not stop Jesus.

What matters is that suffering can not stop God from doing all the good He does with us.

God used the suffering of His Son for so much more good than that suffering took from Jesus.

So, it is wise to not let evil decide how we see things and if we have hope in God, or not.

[Who me]

A good story which clearly iollistrates two poblems.

1 the ignorance of non christians.

2 the ignorance of Christians.

 

Non christians, ignore the rules God has set and expect everything to go well, in there favour.

 

Christians either are not taught anything other than the milk of the gospel or want learn to understand the meat of the gospel.

[Neighbor]

God is perfect He cannot abide sin.

God is a jealous God. He has stated as much.

Man sins against God, mankind receives the just result of  sin.

God in his mercy has provided the way to be reconciled to Him.

Yeshua is the way, as is revealed by the Holy Spirit and shared of within the Bible from Genesis through Revelation.

[AdHoc]

11 hours ago, Jedi4Yahweh said:

I heard a story today that was thought-provoking:

A man was at a barber shop getting his hair cut and he began telling the barber how God has been so good to him.  The barber interrupted him and said, "God does not exist! If God exists then why does God allow so much suffering to take place?"  The man did not have a good answer for the barber and was troubled by this question.  So as he was leaving the barbershop he noticed a homeless man standing outside the barbershop with long and scraggly hair.   The man walks back into the barbershop and tells the barber, "Barbers do not exist!  And if they did, then why does this homeless man have such long scraggly hair?".   The barber replied, "Barbers do exist!  The problem is he never came to see me so I could cut his hair."  The man smiled and winked at the barber as he left.

I too have a story.

There was a king who ruled his people righteously and benignly. Another man, claiming to be the rightful king, convinced the people, despite the evidence, that the reigning king was holding back on them. The people rebelled and made the imposter king. He was cruel and self-serving - a liar and a murderer. Soon, the once flourishing kingdom was in chaos, with thievery, murder, corruption and disease the order of the day. Strangely, the kingdom people blamed the good king and asked why he allowed such suffering. Years went by with much suffering and then came word that the good king was planning a return. The suffering people asked why doesn't the good king do something? The messengers answered; "He is, but (i) it takes a bit of time, and (ii) he's doing it in distant place."

But then the messengers had some questions of the people - which they did not like; (i) why did they willingly crown the evil king? (ii) Why did they believe the words of the evil king while the good king put them in Eden? (iii) Why did they join the evil kings in his evil? (iv) Why won't they join the good king's army? (v) Why won't you have patience for, and believe in, the good king who originally put them in Eden.

The people hated such questions and killed the messengers.

[other one]

It's an object lesson to the entire universe as to what happens if Satan is allowed to run wild forever.

[TheBlade]

I've shared this from time to time I really like it by a Christian rapper

"It's easy to blame God but harder to fix things
We look in the sky like, "why ain't You listening?"
Watching the news in our living rooms on the big screens
And talking 'bout "if God's really real, then where is He?"
You see the same God that you saying might not even exist
Becomes real to us, but only when we dying in bed
When ya healthy it's like, we don't really care for Him then
Leave me alone God, I'll call you when I need you again
Which is funny, everyone will sleep in the pews
Then blame God for our problems like He sleeping on you
We turn our backs on Him, what do you expect Him to do?
It's hard to answer prayers when nobody's praying to you
I look around at this world we walk on
It's a smack in the face, don't ever tell me there's no God
And if there isn't then what are we here for?
And what are y'all doing down there? I don't know Lord"