This is an interesting thread on which I'd like to shed some light, ergo share my opinion. I've been contemplating about very similar questions such as: why would God create suffering if he can create solutions for all problems? After many complex thoughts I found the answer to be so simple, so obvious. Shortly after the book "An Unusual Conversation with God" by Neal Walsch or so was brought to my attention. This book was nothing more then a comfirmation of the answers I had found prior, but he explained it more indepth and much clearer then I can.
First you have to drop al misconceptions that religions have about their God. Why create a God that is unconditional Love and gave everyone free will yet he lets you be born in sin and wants you to do certain things in order to redeem yourself so you won't go pay a visit to satan. This makes no sense at all, does it? Why would something that is ALL need a counterpart as well? God is in the Absolute where things just are, he isn't the relitave reality where we have the Alpha and Omega and other dualities.
The ALL was concious of itself and knew/knows everything, but it was not wise only knowledgable. It wanted to experience itself and split itself up and thus our reality was born and everything within. We're made in God's image, not in the physical sense but the energetical sense. We are God and we are creators as well and are responsible ourselves for that which occurs in our lives. Are we concious of all that we create? No, because our soul is the one who wants to experience. Life's purpose is to experience all there is to experience. This includes the aspects which we enjoy as well as the hardships. Simply put, you don't know what darkness is by simply having the knowledge...you need to experience it in order to understand what it is.
Like the angel that was happy and was always in the light, the centre of the sun. God talked about the darkness, but the angel didn't know what it was. So God told the angel where to go. Once surrounded by complete darkness the angel was scared and felt abondend by it's father. But God said not to worry, because he's there even in darkness and that he is all and you should not fear darkness but embrace it because it is a part of you as well. Embrace it and not be overwhelmed because you can return to whereever you want to be in the blink of an eye.
Anyways the controversial book by neal Walsch is better at explaining the many aspects which are a part of this. It means reviewing many aspects of life and religion and do it "properly" this time (IMG:
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