QUESTIONS FOR GOD

Questions for God: What Were You Thinking?

The Problem of Suffering

• Why did you allow babies to die from cancer?
• What is the purpose of human suffering?
• Why have you not cured cancer or alleviated the suffering of millions?
• If you are not powerful enough to stop suffering, why have you not explained this to us?

The Atrocities of History

• Why did you allow Hitler to kill six million Jews?
• Why have you allowed genocides, wars, and atrocities to persist throughout human history?
• Are you conducting some grand experiment, indifferent to the pain it causes?

The Silence of God

• Why have you not revealed yourself to us in an undeniable way?
• Why is there absolutely no evidence of your existence?
• What would it take for you to demonstrate your presence to humanity?

Faith vs. Reason

• Why did you make rational, critical-thinking beings who question your existence?
• Why have you made faith the basis for belief when it often contradicts observable facts?
• Why is doubt treated as a moral failing rather than a natural consequence of intellect?

The Paradox of Punishment

• Why are you planning to punish us for how you made us?
• If humans are flawed, why should they be responsible for their flaws?
• Is eternal punishment justifiable for finite transgressions?

The Search for Purpose

• What is the purpose of human life and suffering?
• Are we here to fulfill a plan or simply a cosmic accident?
• Why does your purpose remain so obscure and open to endless interpretation?

The Nature of God

• Are you omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent? If so, how do you reconcile these qualities with the state of the world?
• What is your ultimate goal for humanity?
• Why do you allow your followers to represent you in ways that often promote division and hatred?

Religious Plurality and Conflict

• Why do you allow so many religions, each claiming to have the truth, to exist and cause conflict?
• Why has religious diversity led to division rather than unity?
• Is there one true path, and if so, why is it not made clear to all?

Inequities in Life

• Why is life so unequally distributed regarding wealth, opportunity, and happiness?
• What role do you play in the systemic inequalities of the world?
• Why do some suffer endlessly while others thrive effortlessly?

The Creation of Evil

• If you created everything, why did you create evil?
• Is evil necessary for free will, or could the world have been designed differently?
• Why does evil often seem to prevail over good?

The Efficacy of Prayer

• Is prayer meaningful if your will is ultimately unchangeable?
• Why do some prayers appear to be answered while others go ignored?
• Does prayer serve any purpose beyond human comfort?

Love and Cruelty

• Why is love, which is said to be central to your nature, so often paired with cruelty and violence in your name?
• How can acts of hate be justified as expressions of divine will?
• Why does divine love not manifest universally and unequivocally?