In the wake of the terrible events in Haiti- the thousands who lie dead under the weight of the buildings that were shaken down by a cataclysmic ‘act of God’- many of us may ask this question-

How could a loving, allpowerful God allow these things to happen?

It is a question as old at least as Job.

I have no easy answers, but spent some time digging into this issue before- see here ,  here, here and here .

I liked a lot of what Tom Honey had to say here-