My main reason for my disbelief in god or any higher power.

[Tocahontas]

I don't believe in god or any higher power due to the amount of suffering in the world, and that a lot of this suffering is placed upon those who do not deserve it.

What are you're opinions on this? And why or why don't you believe in a higher power?
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[Doubtful Dreamer]

The biggest problem is that you assume all higher powers are benevolent or care about life on this planet. Most popular religions have a benevolent deity, but it is not necessarily a property of a higher power if such a thing does exist.

[Lucky~9~Lives]

Tocahontas

I don't believe in god or any higher power due to the amount of suffering in the world, and that a lot of this suffering is placed upon those who do not deserve it.

What are you're opinions on this?

What Doubtful Dreamer said i.e. who are you to judge who is deserving?

Tocahontas

And why or why don't you believe in a higher power?

I believe in a higher power because I am aware of my own finitude.

[Haha Coffee]

I don't believe suffering has to be absent to prove God.
I think it has a purpose and a place.

[Jazin Kay]

Haha Coffee

I don't believe suffering has to be absent to prove God.
I think it has a purpose and a place.

What would be the purpose?

Do you think that those who believe in God and who cannot answer that question, but instead simply say that His reasoning is beyond human comprehension are just giving cop-out answers?

[Riahlize]

Haha Coffee

I don't believe suffering has to be absent to prove God.
I think it has a purpose and a place.

If this deity is omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent; then suffering certainly needs to be absent to prove it exists.

[Lucky~9~Lives]

Riahlize

Haha Coffee

I don't believe suffering has to be absent to prove God.
I think it has a purpose and a place.

If this deity is omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent; then suffering certainly needs to be absent to prove it exists.

Thus, Haha Coffee isn't defining the deity as omnibenovlent, omnscient, and omnipotent - neither did the OP.

[Riahlize]

Lucky~9~Lives

Riahlize

Haha Coffee

I don't believe suffering has to be absent to prove God.
I think it has a purpose and a place.

If this deity is omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent; then suffering certainly needs to be absent to prove it exists.

Thus, Haha Coffee isn't defining the deity as omnibenovlent, omnscient, and omnipotent -

Or is displaying their cognitive dissonance on the subject.

Lucky~9~Lives

neither did the OP.

Not directly, no.

[Pseudo-Onkelos]

That's cool, I guess.

[M a h z a l a]

I can obviously agree that there is a lot of injustice in the world, which is why I believe very strongly in life after death and a Judgement day where everyone will be put in their place.

[AvenirLegacy]

Tocahontas

I don't believe in god or any higher power due to the amount of suffering in the world, and that a lot of this suffering is placed upon those who do not deserve it.

What are you're opinions on this? And why or why don't you believe in a higher power?
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In my opinion, Suffering is the whole point of life. The constant goal to achieve peace for yourself. Once that is obtained, peace for your friends, and eventually, bliss for all mankind. If life was perfect, there would be nothing left to strive for. Some people just use a higher power to jump start the path to bliss.

[Lucky~9~Lives]

M a h z a l a

I can obviously agree that there is a lot of injustice in the world, which is why I believe very strongly in life after death and a Judgement day where everyone will be put in their place.

I can obviously agree there is a lot of injustice in this world, which is why I believe some people are put in their place in this life and placate themselves with the promise of salvation in some other life...usually promised by the very people putting them in their place.

[Blade Dancer]

I disbelieve in a god for a different reason...and that reason is...no...evidence...whatsoever.

[Fermionic]

I don't believe in God because I have never seen anything to suggest that it believes in me.

[Vincent the Forlorn]

I think quite the opposite. Surely life screwing me at each and every turn is evidence of some universal conspiracy.