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Why does god ordain suffering?

            Whenever we consider the providence of God, one question always comes up: why does God ordain suffering? This is an age-old question that is often asked as a question to Christianity. “If God is so good, why is there so much evil and suffering in the world?” Of course, Christianity has had an answer to this question for centuries: God didn’t create the world like this. Genesis 1:31 testifies that God created a perfect world where there was no…