If God is Good, Why Do We Suffer?

Why pain? Why suffering? Why evil? For people who believe in a personal, all-powerful, loving God, the Why question is very real. How do you explain it to yourself? What's more, how do you explain it to your children, your friend, your co-worker? The Why question is at the core of one of the most powerful arguments for atheists: If God were good, all-powerful, loving and caring, He could stop all this suffering. That means either He's not all-powerful, or He's not good, loving, and caring. ...