re: Theological question

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If God is all knowing, if God loves all of us, why would he intentionally create and bring into existence something he loves knowing they would suffer for eternity?

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Simply put, he didn't. He created something he loved deeply and gave that creation paradise. A paradise for him to have dominion over, where he didn't "work" he was completely taken care of - food was plentiful, water, the weather was perfect so no need for shelter even. Hell, he didn't even have to wear clothes.

God so loved his created that he gave him free will. This perfect created could make his own choices and in order for him to truly have to have free will he had to have just one choice. To eat, or not eat from the tree of knowledge. Everything was going along well, dude was living the life. Yes, he may have been a little lonely since he only had all of the animals, fish, and birds as companions.

Then, God made this wonderful created a "partner" (we know this partner as woman). Everything went to hell after that. I am kidding a little but in the beginning, there wasn't death, there wasn't sin, there was only the freedom to sin. The fall created the narrow gate. The fall brought on the suffering.