God is good but there is still suffering.

Noted.
With the disclaimer that I could be wrong, I am simply stating what the Bible records as God's stated purpose. I realize other folks may see different strokes.

OK, thanks. That really doesn't answer my question, but I appreciate your response.

What would be of God without some Satan drama ? Those "guys" kill themselves in the parlement and dinner together after...

What suffering are you talking about?

Because they're bald...you silly goose!

Give a good thought on the nature, the ontology of Value, why do things have worth...from there is a no brainer why suffefing is needed in a balanced Cosmos.

Adding on to what Neologist said earlier, the Bible does not directly state why things have gone down the course that they have other than the fact that (insert whatever his name was before Satan here) meditated on incorrect thoughts and allowed them to take root in his consciousness, resulting in the world we have today. The cosmos is perfectly balanced, for there is an equilibrium of positive and negative force. Just because the negative force also applies to us sentient beings does not instantly mean that the universe is horribly unbalanced and that our perception about it is 100% correct - that is taking an overly-personal and presumptuous viewpoint on the matter, for negative and positive energy can take form in many different ways.

There are many possible reasons for how Satan formed himself and the world thereafter, such as Satan possibly believing that he could become free of the laws of physics by devoting his thinking to an illogical mode of being, thus hoping to somehow break through this realm of logic in order to gain power, somehow, over the Universe and it's laws of physics and the many different layers surrounding it (Jehovah being the universe and the laws of physics) or at-least somehow be immune to it by attempting to forcefully materialize his perceptions into reality. Or, quite simply put, this period of time exists to serve as a lesson to the billions upon billions in the New World after Armageddon: Reason being, if a perfect angel could fall to such a level, then so can perfected humans and other perfect angels (who also fell, and thus Satan gained the label 'Beelzebub' among the demons (angels who fell), a prince-like position. Here is a snippet from the Watchtower & Bible Tract Society (JW.ORG) database on Beelzebub:

"BEELZEBUB
(Be·elʹze·bub) [possibly an alteration of Baal-zebub, meaning “Owner of the Flies,” the Baal worshiped by the Philistines at Ekron. Alternately, Beelzeboul and Beezeboul, possibly meaning, “Owner of the Lofty Abode (Habitation)”; or, if a play on the non-Biblical Heb. word zeʹvel (dung), “Owner of the Dung”].

“Beelzebub” is a designation applied to Satan the prince, or ruler, of the demons. The religious leaders blasphemously accused Jesus Christ of expelling demons by means of Beelzebub*.—Mt 10:25; 12:24-29; Mr 3:22-27; Lu 11:15-19; see BAAL-ZEBUB"

*The religious leaders would not accept the fact that Jesus was the first creation of God at that time. Many go to the other extreme and say that he IS god, which the Bible never states. Both viewpoints are forced in order to deviate from the truth that he is simply the first creation, and so has a lot of rights at his disposal.
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It's simply a matter of metaphysics and the questionable forays into the origin of consciousness. There are simply too many unknowns to answer this for certain, so the question is valid but the answer is limited based on what God has chosen and not chosen to reveal in the Bible. Revealing too much on the inner workings of the universe and consciousness too early would result in disastrous consequences resulted from such knowledge being abused, and God being good, I think he would want to avoid said disastrous consequences.

Ironically, it is a parallel of evolutionists' explainations for relatively rapid evolution (or extinctions) of species occurring that I draw God's reason for allowing pain and suffering.

Evolutionists explain the amazing leaps of evolution are brought about by environmental stresses. Pain and suffering are the environmental stresses on souls causing their 'evolution'.

I agree up to the "therefore, God" conclusion. That bit needs a little more work, I think.

It’s an ulterior motive in that the king really isn’t interested in giving the subjects the chance to prove the challenge made in the most effective way because he already has another agenda--an opportunity for life--that he's going to implement anyway, that moots the chance he’s giving; it really isn’t a chance.
He’s being dishonest with the subjects, Satan, accusers, etc.

Interesting twist.
God being dishonest with the liar.

It makes God a liar, as well.

Even when making sausage you don't get a yield of 100%. Why do you have such a problem with that?

Good point. . .
But I don't get it all.
Just clear up one detail for me.
What would be the ulterior motive of the sausage maker?

So where might we look for the truth?

You?

The truth, according to your reading of the Bible, leaves you with only snarky rejoinders, apparently.

I could have it wrong, but from this and other posts I get the impression that you think there won't be any losses from God's creation and everyone gets a ticket to 'Disney World'. If that were true, it would make this life a pointless exercise and it would mean that God had an ulterior motive behind creation and giving us life.

So just to be clear, I don't think he has an ulterior motive. He has been honest with us about the desire that we have eternal life. But also honest about the significant losses in the process.

Sorry to have left that impression. But, in keeping with your analogy, free tickets are available to all; but many still think the price is too high.

OK, I had the wrong impression. Guess I'll have to ask InfraBlue where he sees the ulterior motive.

Price too high: Probably true in some cases. Some seem to think the price is so low that it's too good to be true.

Bee-Tsar