Many atheists and non-believers use the excuse of pain and suffering to not want to believe in God. Some believers too can get tripped up here. The truth is, it is not an insurmountable problem by any means. And other religions and worldviews also somehow need to make sense of evil and suffering.
Still, Christians of course can have many questions and concerns. I do, especially with my wife’s cancer. So I write about these matters often. And I get comments about all this often as well. I just recently got one from an anonymous person, asking lots of questions. So I will answer those questions here as best I can since a short comment reply would not do it justice. This person commented as follows:
Advertisement I am very troubled by the idea that God causes suffering. I used to get around this by saying He “permits” or “allows” […]
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