The Bible teaches that ultimately “the ruler of this world, ” Satan the Devil, is responsible for human suffering, for“ the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one. ”
( उपदेशक ८: ९) तसंच, अनपेक्षितपणे कोसळणाऱ्‍या संकटांमुळं आपल्याला दुःख सोसावं लागतं.