Nature is a crude instrument of retribution; it often smites hardest those that have sinned least. The argument may succeed in casting some doubt on the supposition that a good God would eliminate all suffering; God’s benevolence and his justice may exist in tension, and a benevolent God may sometimes will just punishment. It does not, however, explain the unequal distribution of natural evil that we observe. The notion of natural evil: http://www.philosophyofreligion.inf...oblem-of-evil/the-argument-from-natural-evil/ If God isn't omniscient, can we still call he God?
NOTE: This Thread appears fo be a duplicate . . . BTW: IMPO, I doubt that God's intent is to eliminate all suffering . . . . suffering offers certain stresses in life that give us the opportunity to learn and evolve to a more enlightened state . . . . IMPO
