The "Question of Evil" is one of the oldest subjects of theological debate, and with good reason. Everybody asks it (especially when they're young adults)!

Believers can't deny that bad things happen -- they have faith that things *ultimately* come to a good end. This usually involves some notion of an afterlife or, at least, the conviction that one can and should transcend (rise above) earthly cares.

I'm convinced that you're better off living as though there were reason for faith -- better than the alternative, which is to proceed with the conviction that nothing really matters. It's not as easy to have believe in Faith for its own sake than it is to believe in an anthropomorphic Santa-Claus-like God, but it's at least possible for a thinking person.