Do you think God should be blamed for the suffering in the world?

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 Existence of God is still debatable and will always be. No one knows who created this world and why. If God has created this world then who have created God? Is he a man or woman? If we say he created this world and also created goodness, then we should admit that he also created evil because he is the sole creator and nothing is beyond himself as he is the omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient.

According to Zoroastrian and Abrahamic religions God created us and wants us to follow goodness while his enemy is Satan, who instigates people to commit sins. But, this doesn’t solve the problem as the question arises about the creation of Satan because Satan is also the creation of God. As God had created him, God is also responsible for the actions of so-called Satan. As God is almighty, he can stop Satan to proliferate evil. Can he not change the minds of the people so that they may never shun the path of goodness? If he can’t do it, then we must admit that he is not almighty. So, worshiping of God is unfruitful. If he can change the minds of people but don’t do that, it means he enjoys from our sufferings. We must not apply double standards. If something good happens because of God’s grace, then something bad also happens because of him.

Some Muslims say that even 'a single leave cannot shake from its place without the will of Allah (God)'. They claim everything happens because Allah wants it to happen. If this is true then they must admit that ‘Kafirs’ are also creation of Allah. It means we are not better than robots that are pre-programmed to perform certain actions. Everything we do is the result of our source code and nothing else. Then we should not be blamed for our bad-deeds. It also nullifies ‘doctrine of karma’ according to which sinners are punished in the hell for their evil deeds after their death while a pious soul is entertained in the heaven. Why should one be punished if he was just doing what one's program instructed one to do so?

This world is created in such a way that creatures always struggle to survive. One’s death is other’s gain. Herbivorous animals eat plants and they are killed by the carnivorous animals who feed on them. Hence, death of plants is necessary for the life of the herbivorous animals while death of the herbivorous is equally necessary for the survival of the carnivorous animals. Most of the time quantum of gain for a person depends on the loss sustained by some other person(s). Is this not an evil system?

When a little baby suffers brutal rape or little kids suffers from the hands of pedophiles do God save them? When innocent people are killed by goons, does God come to help them? In exceptional cases people are saved from some grave misfortune but in most of the cases they suffer heavily. Religious fanatics belonging to ISIS were killing and brutally raping Yadizi women and little girls in the name of Allah. Did Allah come to save those innocents people?

Most of the people say we are responsible for our sufferings. This is true that God in not responsible for our sufferings because God’s own existence is doubtful. If the credit of goodness is attributed to God, he should also be blamed for the proliferation of evil. If first is true, second statement also holds true and vice-versa.

It should also be noted that every person is not responsible for his/her misfortune and sufferings. If one think that the sufferers always suffer because of their Karmas, then one is totally wrong. This kind of mentality makes us fatalists and also makes us apathetic towards the condition of the downtrodden and unfortunate people. 

Certainly, God must not be blamed for the sufferings of people because there is no proof of his existence till date. But, if we say that God makes our life happy and nurtures goodness, then he must also be blamed for the widespread evil in this world and our sufferings must also be result of his will. Many people are responsible for their sufferings but people should not always be blamed for their sufferings as other factors like natural or man-made calamities also contribute in their sufferings. 

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