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If you really want a problematic argument, try natural evil. The body count from disease and whatnot is rather better evidence for atheism than for theism. Or try a thought experiment: If you were omnipotent, would you do anything about cancer? AIDS? Genetic disease? What does your answer imply about God?
This, as expounded in another of my comments, is an extremely minor point at best, and more reasonably is totally irrelevant, even if it sounds important.
On a similar note, why doesn't God just kill everyone right now and take us all to Heaven without us having to live less-than-perfect lives on Earth?
Free will!
What does free fill have to do with not being killed?
As I understand the term, "free will" means that your thoughts and actions are your own, and not controlled by God. This doesn't rule out any other meddling by God.
It was a joke; I was parroting a typical Christian response that all evil, including natural evil, is because of free will.