Why Does God Permit Wickedness and Suffering? (Part 1)

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WHY DOES GOD PERMIT WICKEDNESS & SUFFERING?
(Part 1)

By Arthur Zulu

“WHY”. That three letter word is so common when
disasters strike. It is the final question when war or
natural disasters happen. Or when epidemics exact
their toll on humans. Or when a rapist, or robber goes
on rampage. Or perhaps when children are abused by
persons who are supposed to be their custodians, or
when a loved one drops dead.

Sometimes though the “WHY” is elongated to “WHY GOD
WHY” That suggests the person acknowledges that God
allows evil. If so, why does he permit wickedness and
suffering?

If we say we are not victims of wickedness and
suffering, then we are deceiving ourselves. For have
we not lost someone in death? Or are we ourselves sure
we will be around to shoot fireworks at the end of the
next one hundred years? Perhaps not.

Man through the ages have resigned to the
inevitability of misery and death. A sample of the
following quotations will shed more light on this
matter.

“For suff’rance is the badge of all our tribe”. --
Shakespeare.

“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not
necessary; men alone are quite capable of every
wickedness.” -- Joseph Conrad.

“Account ye no man happy till he die.” -- Euripides.

“Out out brief candle/Life’s but a walking shadow”. --
Shakespeare.

“Vice increases, and men grow daily more and more
wicked.”-- Berkley.

“To each his suff’ring: all are men/Condemn’d alike to
groan…. “ -- Gray.

“Death! the poor man’s dearest friend, -- The kindest
and the best.” -- Burns.

“Death is here and death is there/Death is busy
everywhere/All around, within, beneath/Above is death
-- and we are death.” -- Shelley.

“. . . In this world nothing is certain than death and
taxes.” --Benjamin Franklin.
“When life is woe/And hope is dumb/The world says,
‘Go’/ The Grave says, ‘come!’ “ -- Arthur Gutterman.

“Ask not for whom the bell tolls/It tolls for thee.”
-- John Donne.

“Pale Death, with impartial step, knocks at the poor
man’s cottage and the palaces of kings.” -- Horace.

“Time goes you stay? Ah no! Time stays, we go.” --
Austin Dobson.

“Life is not worth living. Existence is only a
burden.” -- Mark Twain.

“When the gods want to punish us, they answer our
prayer.” -- Oscar Wilde.

“We men are wretched things, and the gods, who have no
cares themselves, have woven sorrow into the very
pattern of our lives.” -- Homer.

“Solomon Grundy/Born on a Monday/. . .Died on
Saturday /Buried on Sunday/This is the end /Of Solomon
Grundy.” -- J.D. Halliwell.

The story of Solomon Grundy is the story of us all.
Somebody was once asked to define man; and he simply
said: “He was born, he suffered, he died.”

The account of human suffering have elicited different
reactions from various victims. Some believe that God
is responsible for wickedness and human suffering. As
an example , one whose house was shattered by an
earthquake in a South American country said :” God,
see what you have done to us! ”.

Yet, others feel that there is no God, or if he
exists, he doesn’t really care about us. Asked a
World War I victim: “Where was God when we needed
him?”

The depth of pain that is caused by the wickedness and
suffering in this world cannot be fathomed. Said a
Nazi holocaust victim: “If you could lick my wound,
it would poison you”.

Now the question remains: Why does God permit
wickedness and suffering? Does he really exist? When
would wickedness and suffering end?

But first, what is the origin of wickedness?

(To be continued)

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