Why is there pain?
Many people ask why there must be pain in our suffering? Genesis 3:16 speaks of pain entering into the world, specifically pointing to the pain of childbirth. Before that time there was no pain. Thus pain is a result of the rebellion of man. Yet that is not all. We need pain. This question does not take into consideration that we really need pain. If God removed pain completely it would be disastrous for us all. Examples: our appendix bursting, or the loss of fingers by leprosy. How would we know when our body was being damaged if there was no pain? Pain is an early warning system which tells us that something is wrong with our body. But what do we do with a disfigured baby, or someone who is handicapped from birth or by an accident? Did they deserve this suffering? No, of course not. But like the scenario which we discussed earlier, if we can agree that creation was perverted by the sin of Eden, and we can agree that disasters are a consequence of that sin, then we should also agree t
