You atheists can't even comprehend repentence of sin and you're trying to argue about "the question of Evil vis a vis God". This is a theological matter. Something you who believe there is no God should have no interest in.
Sometimes you all sound more like back-slidden Christians than atheists.
The question of evil as it relates to God is a topic that many theologians have debated and discussed for years. I'm talking Bible scholars. So here you are, a bunch of atheists, most with only a cursory knowledge of, and certainly no care for, religion, mocking God because every human being that lives does not have a perfect pain-free life.
Sorry... as I've said before (though it is not the answer you want) this is a dangerous and evil world. Christians believe humans made it that way by our sin. Christians believe this is the world humanity made by our actions. Christians believe God extends a "life-raft" to all who would accept it. But, instead of jumping out of the angry waves and into the "life-raft", atheists and agnostics curse both the life-raft, and the one who Christians believe sent it. That's fine. That is your choice.
Atheists, you are the ones questioning death and pain, not us. Yet death and pain is what natural selection and randomness is all about. Christians have a hope of life after death and The assurance of salvation. This makes times of anguish easier to bear.
According to your Godless beliefs, however, humans are nothing but animated soulless corpses, living in a world where it is already as good as it is ever going to get. For there is no hope of eternal joy in Heaven. Times of anguish are coupled with the belief that death is the end of everything. That is a recipe for black despair not hope.
So why mock my God? If you don't believe in God, stop saying he is evil. How can something that doesn't exist be evil, Hmmm?
What a biased view you have. Any bad thing is God's fault (you say while claiming there is no God), and humans are innocent victims of this evil non-existent deity.
WE as Christians understand and accept the world for what it is. An evil, fallen world. WE also have accepted a ride in the "life-raft". YOU are the ones who don't understand your soulless world. So stop asking Christians to explain our God to you so you can mock and reject him for your own personal sport. If you think we are just soulless apes subject to Darwinian random-chance and natural selection, then deal with it. According to natural selection people die. That's your world-view. Where's your joy?
So stop citing "wrongs" in order to make a case against a God you don't believe even exists. When you do that, it is clear that your purpose is not to open-mindedly seek truth wherever it may be, but to aggravate Christians.
If a person wants to believe in God and feel comforted by Him in times of pain and danger, so be it. What do you care? What comforts you atheist in times of dread and despair?
The world is a dangerous place. To the atheist this is confirmation that there is no God and that "survival of the fittest" is life's driving force. To the Christian the evil in this world is an example of the consequences of rejecting God.
In short: Stop questioning the methods of a being you simultaneously claim does NOT exist. It makes you look silly.
-Mike