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So Many Questions

28/2/2026

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I am pleased to say my brain does not hurt, but I reckon I was taking a chance.
The other day I saw someone on tv examining the question, “If God is love and all powerful why does he allow suffering?”  That is a question I need a resolution for.
He started off by saying something I had not considered but makes sense to me.  He talked about the two types of suffering.  One was “moral suffering” or as we often say, “man’s inhumanity to man.”  That is like murder, rape, domestic violence, annihilation.  The other type of suffering was, “natural suffering.”  That is like a tsunami, earthquake, landslide or the like.
Thinking about “moral suffering” I came to the conclusion that predestination is not the same as foreknowledge.  I get the impression that all are predestined the same.  That is, the plan for us all is good and beneficial for ourselves and others.  When I pursue the plan for me, it never includes domestic violence, annihilation or the like.  
For me, probably the most graphic examples of man’s inhumanity to man were Hitler or Starlin.  They were responsible for the wiping out of millions.  Yet from what I read they were never predestined to wipe out millions.  They were predestined for good stuff.  To me, God foreknew but did not predestine their actions.
That for me comes back to the crux of the matter.  Choice. For me the way I respond is totally up to me.  I can’t help but think God took a big chance making moral beings.  Due to choice I can fulfil or thwart the plans he has for me.
Slave traders choose to slave trade (and it is alive big time in this day and age).  A murderer chooses to murder.  A robber chooses to rob.  By the same token a father and mother choose to love, an inventor chooses to create something to benefit themselves and others or someone chooses to put someone else’s needs ahead of their own wants.  All choices.  My enslavement or liberation comes down to choice.
Saying that leads me to another question.  Why does God allow me to suffer due to the actions of another?  I reckon a lot has to do with my world view.  If I think this is all there is then justice delayed is not justice.  If my view of the one who organized this is they are “just,” then though by my measure of slowness justice may be slow, it does come. In the meantime someone suffers, and it is through the perpetrator’s choice.
Anyway I am about to reach my word limit.  Maybe it is time for “a bex and a good lie down.”  I have not considered “natural suffering” but it seems to me a start is better than no start.
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