Here are the key issues about Suffering If God is a loving God then why does he allow suffering? How can a loving God justify the suffering of the innocent? If God made people who can’t fly then could he not have made people who were not capable of killing? What is the reason people suffer? How can suffering transform people to be better individuals? What is karma? What is the Devil?

Did God create evil? Do we need to believe there is a God in order to understand suffering? How can suffering benefit anyone? Here are some answers God made people with free will to choose Free will means individuals will have to be free to do good and evil Choice is part of the way it all works. Without choice individuals would not be free to develop their own being or karma.

Jesus was God incarnate and he suffered on earth to allow everyone who suffers forgiveness and salvation. Suffering teaches us to be compassionate and have empathy for others. Without suffering we could never learn how to be truly selfless and kind. I can understand suffering in the following ways… How does a Christian understand suffering? How does someone who does not believe in God understand suffering How does a Buddhist understand suffering? I can see that suffering can transform people… in the following ways.