A Question Atheists Frequently Ask
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Louise_17092005.jpg W hile on a spiritual topic a question that is often asked, If there is God why is there pain, suffering and troubles in the world? My most recent answer to this question is a brief one, What made you assume God is sitting around to relieve yours or anyone's suffering? Personally I do believe firmly in God and regard the entire universe as just one of His manifestations. He is the creator of everything in this universe including all life within it. Therefore He is the eventual and eternal Father and Mother of all life. Our biological parents are for this single life only. As a parent of all life, God is around to oversee everything in the universe, including the education of all souls to better and more evolved states. In this process, He gives life much freedom as also opportunity to learn from their mistakes, even as our biological parents did often when we were young. The suffering...