If it is true that God created suffering in order to make our souls grow, then he himself decided to create these rules, because as Almighty he could just as easily have created completely different rules that would allow us to grow, without having to suffer. Or he could have simply given us the greatness of our souls unconditionally, without us having to do anything at all, simply out of love and mercy. But he didn't do that. To claim that God created suffering for our benefit is, in my opinion, something extremely inhumane and sadistic. These arguments simply don't make sense. The weakness of this argument is that it assumes the limited options available to us humans. But God is free from any restrictions and could do anything if he wanted to. And then always this free will argument: For me, that doesn't justify why a supposedly loving, caring father gives sadistic, perverted and violent people the opportunity to do cruel things, but doesn't give weak and helpless people the opportunity to protect themselves from it. Common people, what's wrong with you?
If it is true that God created suffering in order to make our souls grow, then he himself decided to create these rules, because as Almighty he could just as easily have created completely different rules that would allow us to grow, without having to suffer. Or he could have simply given us the greatness of our souls unconditionally, without us having to do anything at all, simply out of love and mercy. But he didn't do that. To claim that God created suffering for our benefit is, in my opinion, something extremely inhumane and sadistic. These arguments simply don't make sense. The weakness of this argument is that it assumes the limited options available to us humans. But God is free from any restrictions and could do anything if he wanted to. And then always this free will argument: For me, that doesn't justify why a supposedly loving, caring father gives sadistic, perverted and violent people the opportunity to do cruel things, but doesn't give weak and helpless people the opportunity to protect themselves from it. Common people, what's wrong with you?