why doesn't god apportion out suffering equally?
many times when i've asked people who believe in the one all powerful all loving god (christian, catholic, etc) why there is suffering in the world if god is all loving they have often responded that suffering is there as a counterbalance to happiness. we have no light without darkness to compare it too, no concept of cold without the opposite heat.
this i can understand and i think so can anyone whos ever gone through anything painful only to have the pain removed. the question i would like to pose though is why would god, if suffering is neccesary to counterbalance happiness, apportion it out in a seemingly random manner? children in africa born into a life of violence and misery compared to paris hilton born into a party life with more money then its possible to spend in a single lifetime?
if god needed to put suffering in the world wouldn't he, in his infinite power, place an equal amount of suffering upon each person? as this isn't the case how can people be judged against the same yardstick when it comes to the entrance exam to heaven? should the rich heirs be judged harder because they had the ability to accomplish more? should the senegal refugee be given an open pass simply by dint of the fact they have had to endure so much and that the simple achievment of living a clean life free of violence and hatred is so impossible to achieve?
thoughts, comments
ps: this isn't so much an indictment of the major monothiestic religions but more a curiosity on the explanation to such a well known state of the world and also upon what criteria those believers think god judges us by
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