Pull-only Distribution Systems

There's been this recent thread over at Arcane Gazebo's page that is, in short, about the question "If there's a benevolent, omnipotent God, why is there suffering in the world?" (specifically, this thread.)

I haven't commented on it because I don't preach, and to make a meaningful comment on that thread I would have to go into depth about the nature of both evil and sin. I think there are some people who are good at preaching, and some people who are willing to listen to preaching, but I'm not the first and my friends aren't the second. I think what I think is right, but barging into a conversation among scientists and going "no, look, you're wrong because of X, Y, and Z, none of which are provable" is not a sensible thing to do.

Presumably, however, if you're reading my personal webpage (which this is), you're here because you're at least marginally interested in what I have to say about things. In which case, come talk to me in person about this, if you feel like it. I also don't do public speaking about faith - it's a personal matter for me.

EDIT: Re: "I think what I think is right". By this I don't mean "I am correct" but "I think I am correct". I have opinions on numerous things, and I'm sure I'm wrong with at least some of them. I'm willing to be convinced - actually, I'm happy to be convinced - that I'm wrong about things, because it means that I'm throwing out incorrect ideas and aquiring ones that are (maybe) more correct. I go into arguments assuming that I'm correct, but acknowledging that my assumption may be wrong. It's kind of a wierd stance, but I one that I wish more people adopted. I've had too many discussions where someone has stopped and said "Look, I don't want to argue about this," which I usually follow with "What? Why not? We're just getting to the interesting part! We disagree about this, let's find out which one of us is wrong! We can't both be right." If followed through, there are two possible resolutions: one (or both) of us were wrong, and we come to agree by the end, or we hit upon something that's unsolvable, and go "Oh, okay, it's because you like cats and I don't," or something.