Thanks for your kind comment. It's not every day that someone disagrees with me in such a nice way :)

I can understand how you would arrive at that conclusion. There are a lot of terrible things that happen in the world. For me, I could never deny the existence of God because I've had a very personal encounter with him. I choose to believe that he is good and I believe the story of the Bible offers a rational explanation for why there is so much pain in the world.