Suffering: The True Meaning In The Book Of Genesis

Many of the choices we make, using our free will, lead to suffering. We participate in risky behavior, without thinking of the consequences. For example, people that smoke have greater chances of developing health problem (e.g., cancer), which results in pain and suffering. This type of suffering is caused by our errors and mistakes. Many of the choice we make have consequences, but is it is impossible to live in a way in which we do not take risks. Furthermore, God's existence comes from intellect and not the sense, but suffering is felt through through our senses, whether it be external or internal pain. Suffering is adventitious and not

Suffering has always been a part of human nature. Over thousands of years, humans deliberate whether it was their own actions that doomed suffering upon themselves or if it was the gods who placed this suffering upon them. In Homer's epic The Odyssey mankind often blamed their misfortune on the gods. Whenever misfortune occurs, the humans automatically think the gods placed this misery on them. Zeus strongly disagrees that god's caused mankind suffering when he states “My word, how mortals take the gods to task! All their afflictions come from us, we hear. And what of their own failings? Greed and folly. Double the suffering in the lot of man.” Mankind has nobody to blame for their suffering, but themselves and their senseless actions that lead them to misfortune.

A tale of two brothers. Cain slays Abel out of wrath. Cain and Abel are two brothers and the sons of Adam and Eve. God gave Cain the job of a farmer and Abel the job of a shepherd. When Cain and Abel find out that they both have to sacrifice a lamb to God, Abel sacrifices his best lamb to God while Cain sacrifices some extra wheat he has. Cain becomes angry at Abel and God because God favored Abel’s sacrifice. Cain then leads Abel to a field and slays him out of rage. These events take place in Genesis’ book Cain and Abel. Genesis interprets the human experience in many ways throughout the story. Genesis interprets the human experience in the story by showing jealousy, attention seeking, and that crime will be punished.

I believe suffering results from our separation from God. He is holy, all-powerful, all-loving, all that is good. Each day I find myself doing things that move me away from Him. Every time I sin, the world becomes a little bit worse. I can do no good thing apart from God. The more I separate myself from Him, the more likely I am to cause someone else harm or pain.

The purpose of this research paper is to compare the public view of suffering in the Old Testament with the public view of suffering in the modern world. In order to properly achieve this comparison, I will explain the relationship between God and His believers in the Old Testament. More specifically, I will elaborate on the opinion that God is the cause of everything, including suffering and relate it to the first poetic book in the Old Testament, the Book of Job. However, influenced by the changes in science, upbringing, and multiculturalism this commonly held view changes. Therefore, I will explain the meaning of each of these three factors as well as their negative impact on religion. Finally, I will use three television shows as examples

And this problem of suffering is the biggest of them all. People sometimes wonder, how can a God of love allow such things in His world such as war, sickness, pain, and death, especially when the destruction is happening to those who are apparently

It is perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions of all time: if there are gods who have control over humans’ lives, why do they allow good followers to suffer? How can there be any justice in that kind of world? Philosophers and thinkers like Seneca and authors of the Bible have debated and written about these questions since ancient times. Perhaps because hardships affect every person, many people continue to debate the same topics today. Seneca writes extensively about the topic of suffering in his essay “On Providence,” which is contained in The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca. Likewise, Paul writes about how to face hardships in his letters to the Romans and the Corinthians, and the book of Job in the Old Testament contains

The Church explains how humans have grown hateful and abusive to each other. Humans have also became more selfish and arrogant, hence establishing sins, and forgetting about God. This is seen in Romans 3:23 “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Thus, the Catholic Church believes God is creating suffering, in order for humans to turn back to him and become renewed from sins. God has unconditional love, towards humans, as a result he is waiting for sinners to ask for forgiveness. Therefore the Church response to why humans experience suffering is, in order for humans to turn back to

Human suffering began after Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. They had sinned against the Almighty God, and because of sin, suffering entered the world. Entwistle (2010) tells us that “due to human disobedience pain was multiplied, relationships were damaged, the ground itself became cursed, and death entered the world” (p. 64).

Since Adam and Eve’s sin, suffering has become an inevitable aspect of life. It became an inescapable part of living in this world. God does not even spare his faithful servants from it. If we view suffering as only pain and hardship and forget to view the positive side of suffering with Christ, we become consumed by the suffering and would not learn anything from it. However, viewing suffering positively only is in the sense deceiving ourselves. There should be a balance between the two; suffering is educational, but if we don’t view suffering as it is, we will not learn anything from suffering. How does one learn without recognizing one’s mistake? Similarly, we will not learn from our suffering if we do not recognize it as suffering.

To be able to contrast the world’s attitude toward suffering and the Christian’s, one must first ask, “What is the world’s attitude?” Secondly one must ask, “What is the Christian’s attitude?” The world’s attitude can be divided into three views: fatalistic, deterministic, and humanistic. Fatalist believe in a very impersonal god and that fate controls the events in life, suffering is then necessary and unavoidable. Determinists believe the meaning of life or suffering in interpreted according to the practice in which they are involved, and depends on the force or being they acknowledge as supreme in power. Humanist believe that man can solve all his problems and that there is no God. Since does not play a part in the humanistic attitude, suffering

The first part is a biblical view about person’s whole life. Everything in life should come under the authority of Scripture. Proverbs mentions the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Nowadays, there are so many sufferings in people’s life. People would say reasons by chemical imbalance, brain’s diseases making them change. Then they use brain science research to be excuses for their misbehaviors such as cussing, hitting and so on.

God created the world, a place free from suffering and pain where humankind could live in peace and harmony,however when man chose the way of Satan by eating the forbidden fruit, this was the beginning of sin in the world. God makes it clear to Adam and Eve the consequences of sinning, and from this moment on suffering was declared. Since dying on the cross, through the letter of St Paul to the Colossians, Christ expects us to bind our sufferings with his. As a result of sin, God allows us to suffer because he loves us and wants us to have free will and the choice whether to love/not love. With this freedom, mankind has broken laws which result in pain and suffering which act as an early warning system when we exercise wrong decisions. Catholics believe that suffering is a test of faith and this is exampled in the book of Job where God lets good people suffer: Job loosing everything he owned, the death of his childer etc. Job examples the reaction to our own suffering. Instead of asking why, the Church teaches us to endure through our suffering and remember that God loves us and no matter the situation will lead us back home. In Pope John Paul’s apostolic

Whilst P is the author of Genesis 1, Genesis 2 has been tied to J and differs significantly in its tone and focus. J writes almost as if it is a fairytale and where the P account focuses on the origin of the world with the creation of mankind as its climax, J “begins with Gods creation of the man, and describes how subsequently God builds up a world for his

The following essay I will be conducting an exegesis of Genesis 3; 1-12 in its ancient and modern context. I will be analysing themes that run throughout the text and the importance of these themes in identifying the meaning of this passage. Genesis 3 revolves around the fall of creation, in this essay I will analysing the fall and the roles the characters play in the fall and evaluate the fall of humanity and the implications this has modern society.