Little Hawk-I'm afraid that the only answers I can come up with are ones you would disagree with wholeheartedly. The problem includes the biggest question any philosophical system has to answer: "Why is there evil in the world?" Unfortunately, the only answers I can see are that there is no God, or that he enjoys human suffering. Elsewise, why would we be mortal, subject to pain, disease, and death? I can accept that human cruelty is a necessary part of free will, but uncontrollable suffering is pointless and serves only to hurt us and drive us farther apart.