piratefan

How can the Church, with all of the suffering and strife in the world, maintain that a loving God would allow these things to happen to good people?

It seems to me only too obvious that a loving person does not want their creation to suffer. I try to protect my daughter and keep her from harm. God, it would seem, is only too happy to test the faith of believers to have them prove their loyalty.

I would argue that, if God is omniscient, he would have known that humanity would sin. And if he made an imperfect creation, he either A) is not omnipotent; or B) is cruel and vindictive.

Either way, why is this a God that humans should want to worship?

[edit: small typo]