Objection: If God ALLOWS Sickness, He Must Have a Purpose for It

God ALLOWS people to go to hell.  Does that mean that it must be for those people’s good, because He ALLOWED it?

God ALLOWS people to commit murder.  Does that mean that He has some purpose in these murders because He ALLOWED them?

God ALLOWS wars.  Does that mean that wars are part of His loving plan for humanity because He ALLOWS them?

God ALLOWS people to walk out of love.  Does that mean that God has a hidden purpose behind their unloving actions because He ALLOWED them?

God ALLOWS you to sin.  Does that mean that God has a higher purpose for your sin because He ALLOWED you to do it?

If God has a purpose for murder, wars, walking out of love and sin in general, why won’t there be any of those in heaven where His will is always done?

If God ALLOWS sicknesses for a purpose, why didn’t Jesus turn at least some of the people away who wanted healing and tell them that God ALLOWED their sicknesses for a higher purpose?  He rarely even asked anyone a question.  Anyone who wanted to touch Him and be healed could do so.  Jesus never taught this nonsense that “God ALLOWS things for a reason.”

I hope you can see how ridiculous it is to think that if God ALLOWS something, that means He has a purpose for it.  If something steals, kills and destroys, the devil has a purpose for it.  If it gives life more abundantly, God as a purpose for it.  Jesus was quite plain about that in John 10:10.