PB: I see God as like a parent. Sometimes a parent has to allow a child to suffer so they can learn. As parents is it really our role to protect our children from all suffering? When my child desperately wants the lolly that another child has should I make sure he gets one every time? I refuse and my child will scream until they are blue in the face... but I know that if my child gets a lolly that the consequences won't be positive. I think we are like children sometimes.... we scream and scream wanting things that God in his wisdom knows is for something that is not right for us. Being loving is not being kind. A "kind" God would prevent us from making mistakes... would that really be in our best interests?