# On the nature of God **URL:** \ **Category:** Philosophy of Religion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/on-the-nature-of-god/1143 "2026-05-28T00:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 92
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[I also have a thread](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-problem-of-happiness/633/589) In a roundabout way it supports your argument. (God, suffering) constitutes a discordant dyad. I’m also contemplating your conclusion that God is both malevolent and benevolent. If this is the nature of God then the world is the way it is. > I was told that God loves me. Yet the reality of the darkness, the coldness, the emptiness is so great that nothing touches my heart ~ A nun experiencing a crisis of faith > The Pope is an atheist ~ Some Comedian Good doesn’t pay as well as evil. This is fallen world and we are fallen beings. > We fall short of our own moral standards ~ A youtuber God is not a good hypothesis. A square peg in a round hole. > If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless, so is your faith ~ Paul the Apostle > There is a child in Africa at this very moment with a worm in his eyes that’ll make him totally blind by the time he hits 8 ~ (Atheist) Naturalist The vale of tears we inhabit is exactly what turns people off. Yet, there are stories of suffering fortifying faith. > Eli, Eli. lama sabachthani ~ Jesus, as he was dying on the cross --- _[View the full topic](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/on-the-nature-of-god/1143)._