Where Is God in Places of Pain? | John Lennox at Cornell 

I have never understood the question Why does God allow suffering ? Perhaps I am missing something. From the begining Adam and Eve made a choice. They could respect what God told them they could do, and the one thing they could not do. God even pointed out in advance what the consequences would be for them both . Still they each chose, Eve decided to trust the Serpent, Eve allowed herself to be deceived. And Adam did what Eve told him to do. Eat. What is at the core of Man's endless questions around why, God allows suffering. Is it God's fault there is Mass Poverty . Oppresion. Hardships. Or is it Man's? It is uncomfortable to suffer. However reading Isaiah 52 " The LORD'S suffering servant..." Isaiah 53 " for he was struck down for the rebellion of my people . He had done no wrong..... It was the LORD'S good plan to crush him and cause him grief...". Being brought to our knees for unknown lenghts of time and purpose is uncomfortable and hard. But Jesus has walked that road we can have fellowship with him in our sufferings. Knowing experientially Jesus felt even more pain and did so for our sakes....

All Hindus do is blame their suffering on karma and that it will be resolved in an innumerable number of lifetimes to correct it. That's called kicking the can down the street.

I love CS Lewis but I have to disagree with the statement that mental pain is worse than physical pain. Far too black and white a statement. Continuous extreme physical pain can be harder to bear than some forms of mental pain.