Heh, you know what's funny?  I'm a Christian and I agree with you.  I just assume that nobody really has a clue as to what heaven is.  If it's truly a perfect place, then it is likely beyond the limits of our minds.  But the afterlife has nothing to do with why I choose to believe what I do, what a waste that would be.

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E. He will once there is enough irrefutable evidence that man cannot rule himself.

This goes all the way back to the original sin, which wasn't sex, he told them to fill the earth with their offspring so how could the original sin be sex. The core of the original sin was the challenge that God had no right to rule, or specify what was right or wrong for the humans. Of course he could of just done away with the traitors on the spot but didn't because it would leave the accusation open. So enough time had to be set aside so humans and the being that became Satan (which isn't a name but a title meaning resister) could try as many forms of rulership. But at the same time he instituted the first prophecy on how he was going to redeem mankind.

The book of Job covers a similar accusation, and insight on why God allows that Satan brought up that Job only worship god because god protected him. God allowed Satan to cause all sorts of calamities to befall him. And once Job demonstrated that he wouldn't falter in his faith, he not only restored everything he lost but gave him seven times more.

So God has promised to do similar to mankind. Not only will he restore the earth and resurrect the faithful. He also promised to resurrect those who didn't have a chance to prove themselves faithful because of time and circumstances. (Acts refers to this as the resurrection of judgement.)

The question is actually a rather deep question, its at the core of everything the bible teaches, that has more meat to it than that and I could spend a lot more time on the subject. But that answer should suffice.

I said option D before i even read the options lol

I'll go with B. I believe in God as a foundational principle but not much else.

I think that is probably the best justification for the existence of evil, albeit not a very convincing one for those who have to go through the suffering. The truth is, I really do think we would value life a lot less if there was no such thing as pain or suffering, whether it resulted from such things as human action or natural disasters/diseases/etc.

In Einstein's day atheism meant strong atheism, which is a belief and nearly as bad as religion. 

Today, atheism is the position of the skeptic that there exists no sufficient evidence for god. To put it simply, Einstein was an atheist of today...as are 93% of the NAS (National Academy of Sciences) scientists and 97% of the Royal Society...but yeah no smart atheists...just the most esteemed scientists on the planet inclusive of nobel laureates and winners.

Not sure if you're just trolling or incredibly ignorant? There are a multitude of studies which assert that the intelligentsia is entirely comprised of non-believers. Just to get your started as apparently you have a long journey ahead of you:

"Research found those with higher IQs more likely to dismiss religion"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2395972/Atheists-higher-IQs-Their-intelligence-makes-likely-dismiss-religion-irrational-unscientific.html

"That's the provocative conclusion of a new review of 63 studies of intelligence and religion that span the past century. The meta-analysis showed that in 53 of the studies, conducted between 1928 to 2012, there was an inverse relation between religiosity -- having religious beliefs, or performing religious rituals -- and intelligence. That is, on average, non-believers scored higher than religious people on intelligence tests."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/14/religious-people-less-intelligent-atheists_n_3750096.html

Next time do some actual research before you make a fool of yourself, will you?

None of the above, but B is closest.

Freewill, we cause bad things for ourselves, not God. Also, how do you know something bad doesn't happen to prevent something even worse?

Maybe someone got hit by a bus (bad thing) on his way to go rob a liquor store where he would have killed the cashier and maybe a couple bystanders (worse thing). Or a harsher example, maybe a child dies of leukemia (awful thing) but the kid was going to grow up to be a serial killer or pedophile?


By the way, the "why does God let bad things happen?" question is the lamest thing non-religious people have come up with thus far.

Not all the Old Testament, but surely the Book of Genesis, and this could confirm theories that initially Jews weren't monotheistic, but polytheistic, then later male deities were fused together in Yahweh and the female mother goddess Asherah, probably Yahweh's wife, and her cult suppressed.

About the answer, I'm undecided between B) he doesn't want to and E) he doesn't care

Some say he doesn't want because he wishes we accept our mortality and the imperfection of the world and that we don't become too attached to earthly things so that our soul can become free. But when far too many things go wrong, despite the efforts of many good willing people it's quite difficult to accept...

Oh I don't know maybe something like He prefers to allow physical beings who actually occupy the planet work it out? Or simply, He imbued each of us with free will.

Any answer that does not denegrate God or those who believe in his existence would do....

Also I am not advocating that th other answers be eliminated just that including answers that run contrary to the overt theme of 'Because bad shit happen's you are an idiot for believing in a nonexistent, uncaring, impotent and/or cruel being.'