See also Why Does God Allow Suffering?
This is a question that many of us ponder over some time in our lives. The answer that many Christians might accept might be along these lines. The Bible says that God created a “Good” World, and in the story of Genesis, Adam and Eve were in a harmonious relationship with God in the Garden of Eden. However, God made us with a free will and not as programmed robots. The Bible says we were free to love God and obey him or not. In some way, in the Garden of Eden, humanity chose to rebel against God and this destroyed the harmonious relationship with God. Some people believe that not only did the harmonious relationship between God and man break down at this stage, but also in some way the whole of Creation became affected and out of harmony with its Creator. The good news is there is a way to restore our relationship with God (see Faith page). Much of mans suffering is as a result of mankind not following God’s ways for him. For example, it is not God’s ideal for us to drink excessively o
