>>I'm sorry you fell that way Alan. But perhaps God wants people like yourself, who are caring and loving, to help those people that are in need.

>But God is all powerful and omniscient. He knows that children are going to die of starvation regardless of how many people try to help. He also knows how many people will try to help and how many will hinder that help. He knows innocents will die for no good reason. If He loves us so much, I just don't understand His not lifting a hand to help. And it's no good telling me that God works in mysterious ways. That's just a cop out.

My dear friend, He does lift His hand. Everytime people donate and give of their time and resource, they are doing His work.

>Seriously, is that how you see love? If you child were starving would you really sit back and wait for somebody else to do something about it?

That is a tough question and deserves a good answer. Lets say that He wipes out hunger and all the bad things from the face of this world. Would that convince you of His existance?

If there was no evil and suffering, would you be so aware of how lucky you are and how there are evil in this world. Would you know the difference between good and evil if all you saw was good?

I believe that those that are suffering because of evil and selfish gov't they live under, will go to heaven because God is a merciful God. In the mean time we must helf as much as possible. Bad will always exist as long as human rule the earth.