The Plain Truth – 1984 May

Why God Permits Human Suffering

LOOK at the world today! War, famine, pestilence! Poverty, inequality, hunger, want! Sickness, disease, suffering, death! Crime, graft, dishonesty, corruption! Insanity, degeneration, decay! Unhappiness, fear, wretchedness and woe! How, so many are asking, can a supreme, all-powerful God of LOVE permit it? WHY is he permitting civilization itself to crumble? Some are saying, “God isn’t fair!” – or “Is there a God, after all?”