The Satan Is Working Against God

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.

I believe that all that you reap you shall sow in this life and if you reap terrible things throughout your life you will answer to them after death. You have one shot to make it to heaven and so you have to do all that you can to make sure that by the time your time is up here on our earth you have done what is asked of you to be rejoined with God in heaven, there are no second chances at getting to heaven.

In book I of “Paradise Lost” the speaker characterized Satan as a leader based on his ability to lead the falling angels. By “Paradise Lost” being a Christian poem some may wonder why Satan is considered a powerful leader. I believe Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure in order to show God’s ultimate power.

Why Does God allow suffering? This question is probably as old as religion itself. It is a stumbling block for some of us, and for many more at given moments of tragedy. There are as many answers to this question as there are people who care to engage in theological dialogue. One understanding is that yes, God allows "bad" things to happen; God does not cause them to happen.

Everyone makes mistakes and creates sins, but that doesn't mean you have to punish yourself for it. Suffering is a part of life and usually follows after committing a crime or sin because there is punishment or they feel horrible. In The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Dimmesdale and Hester suffer from their sins, but Dimmesdale suffered more than Hester did.Hester took in and admitted what she did and she still suffers. Meanwhile, in my opinion, had nothing to live for because of the guilt he had to keep hidden and couldn't come out

As Christians, we claim that God is all powerful and compassionate, and that he is omnipresent, meaning he is everywhere all the time. The biggest argument against the presence of God here on earth is that, even with these characteristics, God seems to be incapable or reluctant to put an end to the infinite amount of hardships, darkness, and suffering in the world. While I understand this stance, I believe that God’s intentions are always pure and good, and come with perfect intent. Without pain and suffering in our lives, God would be nothing more than a genie in a bottle that we go to only when we need something. This idea is described perfectly in an article called, “How God Uses Suffering for His Glory” written by, “Randy Alcorn”, it states, “God uses suffering to purge sin from our lives, strengthen our commitment to him, force us to depend on his grace, foster sensitivity, discipline our minds, and impart wisdom. And once he accomplishes such great things, often we can see that our suffering has been worth it” (4). This explains that God has a purpose for everything, even suffering. His purpose is to make your spiritual life obvious to everybody you came into contact with, and make it apparent that he is in fact present, here on earth, all of the time! God wants to be sought out, so if you are waiting for God to come to

Using binaries, Oates is able to shed light on the past and how religion was a key factor in the short story. Throughout the story, “where are you going and where have you been” Oates shows the religious binaries are extensive and methodical. Such as the connotation of right and wrong threw Connie’s eyes, and the adverse effect of fighting against your moral judgment. In the beginning the first insight to the religious binary is the music Connie listens too. “music that made everything so good: the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon”. Connie’s interpretation of the music in the background is very church like, which in a literal since means she’s been to church if not goes to church.

Why humans suffer and where God is during it are theological questions that have constantly been debated on. Rabbi Kushner in the PBS video Suffering: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate, John F. Haught in his book Responses to 101 Questions on God and Evolution, and the Bible each provide their own analysis on where God is when humans are suffering and persecuted. Thomas West is his chapter “The Human Response of Hope” gives his insight regarding life after death especially hope for salvation. All these sources aid in answering personal questions regarding theodicy: suffering, death, and hope.

Romans 5:12 says, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" that we have all committed sin and come short of God’s destiny for us. We suffer because we are all naturally

As parents we sometimes allow bad things to happen to our children to teach them a lesson. We make a choice to allow them to deal with the consequences of their actions so they might learn from that experience. If we are created in the image of God isn’t it possible that as our Father, he allows us to suffer sometimes to realize the consequences of our actions? It is possible and if it’s possible then it gives a good explanation why God may allow evil things to occur.

On the contrary, this view stems from looking at the punishment from the standpoint of human justice systems. This is not a valid way to view hell as a punishment because God determined what acts deserved what punish meant a great number of years before the creation of any human justice systems. Although you must “die” an earthly to be sent to Hell, you are not “dead” while in Hell because you can not be tormented if you are dead. The unsaved will have everlasting consciousness which enables them to suffer the torment.

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

He takes disobedience very seriously and has the power to cleanse the entire Earth if need be. Apart from this idea of purgative suffering, we can also view this pain as tests that God places us in. Weather to grow and learn or self examination God allows this suffering to help us.

This punishment of living in limbo fits the sin because these souls aren’t in any dire pain, they just have nothing to look forward to. The sinners lived their life in limbo and didn’t get a chance to get baptized or seek God and now their souls must live in limbo and not be able to see God which is punishment enough.