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So then what was the point of inflicting the suffering? Your mother in your example exposed you to Chicken Pox (again which is no immediate danger to children but alright) to avoid you getting it as an adult. You see the clear benefits there and clearly she had no other choice but to do that...

So if you didn't make it through would it be fore your ultimate good and would that still be compassion and mercy?

I didn't answer this the first time because Chicken Pox poses no immediate danger to children and thus vastly different and secondly your mother wasn't the creator of Chicken Pots so it's not like she created the situation for you.

So when he is possibly causing affliction, pain and torture that is also intertwined with being merciful and having compassion? Or do those words have a different context with God and different than humans?

I didn't say God was scared not sure how you got that. The post was about does he cause suffering and you brought up how he punishes people. Punishment implies someone did something wrong and deserves that suffering. So I asked you what if a person doing wrong and still suffers is that from God?

So what do you make of someone who is considered "good" and tries to best not to sin but still suffers? They've already turned to Christ. Is it still God?

Except suffering occurs outside of punishment you could be a "good" person and still suffer.

Yes but I'm sure you see the difference right? You as a parent would never kill, torture or inflict your child with sickness as part of hards times right? So I wouldn't say equate this to parenting so to speak

And how connect this with verses calling him kind, full of compassion and merciful?

So you... agree he does cause suffering?

Interesting and how do you connect this with the numerous verses calling him compassionate and merciful?

It seems that the Bible implies that God at times makes believers suffers on his own demand. Typically when something bad happens a Christian will say "God doesn't cause pain it's the devil" but how true is this? Acts 9:16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name." Philippians...

That doesn't negate that he's possibly the causing of suffering in the first place.

What?

It seems that the Bible implies that God at times makes believers suffers on his own demand. Typically when something bad happens a Christian will say "God doesn't cause pain it's the devil" but how true is this? Acts 9:16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name." Philippians...