I knew it that he would not have said anything to say about that. So, Allah created a world which is a storehouse of suffering. Did he not know what he was doing? Or did he not have control over what he was doing? Or Allah is inherently evil, and all this talk of love just being talk?
None of the above.
God knew what He was doing, we just do not know the reasons for all of it because we are not All-Knowing....
It is only our human ego that insists on knowing and questions God's Purposes.
That might sound rather naive to some people, but it is what I have finally come to accept after over 10 years fighting with God in my heart and mind....
I still get angry at God, like last night, but the difference now is that I know I am wrong to question the Almighty God.
I accept that I will probably not know the full reason for my and other peoples' suffering till after I die and I just pray for the mitigation of my suffering and the suffering of others. That is all I can do, unless I choose to reject God again but having been down that road I choose not to go down it again.
And a funny thing happened along the way.... The more I accepted the suffering the more help I got in its mitigation. Out of what seemed like nowhere, help came, as soon as I put my own will aside..
Yeah, about the young and old too, not just infants. Infants and Children get of easy. But why should they have to face such a situation to start with? And why should the rest of us have to face it all our lives? So many infirmities and diseases in old age.
There are really no answers to these questions except to say that suffering is inherent in the material world given its nature and there will be no more suffering in the spiritual world.
Your Allah seems to be the most cruel sadist. He enjoys all this sitting in his heaven and does nothing about it!
Nobody knows what God enjoys. To say God enjoys suffering because God does not eliminate suffering is rather childlike. I think God hurts when we hurt, from what scriptures say. God mitigates some suffering but God cannot mitigate all suffering in the world because God would have to control everything for humans and that would completely override human free will, so we would just be robots, puppets on a string.
There is surely a heaven, and therefore, hell too. That is where the 'Maid' came from. Bahaullah said that.
Kindly give a thought to what you believe. There is hardly anything logical in it.
Yes, there is a heaven and a hell, but what is your point? God does not send us to heaven and hell, we send ourselves there according to our own beliefs and actions.
God is not subject to logic but if we really understand the purpose of our existence there is logic in the sorrow and the pain as well as the joy and gladness. It is just difficult to see it when we are in the pain and sorrow.
“In this world we are influenced by two sentiments, Joy and Pain.
Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better able to cope with the world and to find our sphere of usefulness. But when sadness visits us we become weak, our strength leaves us, our comprehension is dim and our intelligence veiled. The actualities of life seem to elude our grasp, the eyes of our spirits fail to discover the sacred mysteries, and we become even as dead beings.
There is no human being untouched by these two influences; but all the sorrow and the grief that exist come from the world of matter—the spiritual world bestows only the joy!
If we suffer it is the outcome of material things, and all the trials and troubles come from this world of illusion.
For instance, a merchant may lose his trade and depression ensues. A workman is dismissed and starvation stares him in the face. A farmer has a bad harvest, anxiety fills his mind. A man builds a house which is burnt to the ground and he is straightway homeless, ruined, and in despair.
All these examples are to show you that the trials which beset our every step, all our sorrow, pain, shame and grief, are born in the world of matter; whereas the spiritual Kingdom never causes sadness. A man living with his thoughts in this Kingdom knows perpetual joy. The ills all flesh is heir to do not pass him by, but they only touch the surface of his life, the depths are calm and serene.” Paris Talks, pp. 109-110
Last night I did not know how I was going to continue living but I am starting to see the light today. My purpose in life is not to be happy but rather to help others. As long as I stay focused I can get through what I have to which is a very big task, given my life is very complicated. I hope for better days and trust in God that He will lead the way. It can get better, the proof is that it has already. I trust in the promises of Baha'u'llah although I do not interpret them literally because I might not see days of blissful joy until
after I die. As such, I often long for death, but there is a reason I am still alive, so I have to make the best use of the time I have left.
“O My servants! Sorrow not if, in these days and on this earthly plane, things contrary to your wishes have been ordained and manifested by God, for days of blissful joy, of heavenly delight, are assuredly in store for you. Worlds, holy and spiritually glorious, will be unveiled to your eyes. You are destined by Him, in this world and hereafter, to partake of their benefits, to share in their joys, and to obtain a portion of their sustaining grace. To each and every one of them you will, no doubt, attain.”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 329
