How could a good God allow suffering?

I think my definition of (lower case) god may be different from yours.
After all, for some folks, their stomach is their god.
And many folks worship their brains.

It wasn't God that gave us the bad, we chose it

God created things perfect which is good, but we chose to disobey which is bad

Logically speaking, if suffering is something to be deemed "bad," then a good God, by definition, could not allow suffering.

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Logically speaking, if suffering is something to be deemed "bad," then a good God, by definition, could not allow suffering.

There are many things that people choose to do that cause suffering. Climbing a mountain is just one example. They even pay large sums of money for that opportunity to suffer but they deem it worthwhile. It can be seen as the incidental costs to gain a greater good.

Therefore suffering cannot be defined as 'bad'.

But if it wasn't for our disobedience He wouldn't have allowed it.

But if it wasn't for our disobedience He wouldn't have allowed it.

I think my definition of (lower case) god may be different from yours.
After all, for some folks, their stomach is their god.
And many folks worship their brains.

It seems you yourself get lost in your definitional word salad.

The "god of this world" that "has blinded the minds of unbelievers," and is an entity upon which you lay the blame for the ills of the earth is equatable to peoples' regard for their stomachs and brains.

InfraBlue wrote:

neologist wrote:

I think my definition of (lower case) god may be different from yours.
After all, for some folks, their stomach is their god.
And many folks worship their brains.

It seems you yourself get lost in your definitional word salad.

Liberal application of dressing does not make a salad.

InfraBlue wrote:

The "god of this world" that "has blinded the minds of unbelievers," and is an entity upon which you lay the blame for the ills of the earth is equatable to peoples' regard for their stomachs and brains.

If you worship some entity, or give deference to it, it may be considered a 'god'. For some, it might be patriotism, or a sports team, or dollars, or prestige. For others, it may be a god with a name such as Zeus or Mars. The "god of this world" is one we often identify with the upper case title of Satan, though his actual name is not known. Those who place the position of any 'god' before the true God are falling into the design of "the god of this world".

Any who worship their brain should understand it has a mind of its own.

. . . Your conflation of the various definitions of "god" confuses your interpretation of that passage in 2 Corinthians. Its result is word salad.

But if it wasn't for our disobedience He wouldn't have allowed it.

He's allowing it, all the same, however. That makes him bad.