Some of us wonder what kind of god we have. I mean, IF there is a god. Suffer the little children? All those childhood diseases and abuse.. God may be perfect, but a perfect WHAT? Oh, it's a test. Of whom? Like god doesn't already know the answer? Please.
How do you define perfection? An all powerful diety with a sadistic streak and a twisted sense of humour might think the situation our species finds itself in ‘perfection’, worse still simply highly amusing. The problem for most Christian theologians comes from a stubborn adherance to the idea of God’s omniscience. If the Almighty exists out of time knowing all that ever was and ever will be why did he/she/it grant our species free will knowing where it would lead necessitating he torture his own son ( who is actually himself if you swallow trinitarian theology undigested)? A cosmic sado-masochist ?
God is a perfect asshole, if god makes us suffer when god supposedly already knows the outcome. But the alternative is that there is no god, the universe always existed and random things appear to be negative to us humans because 99% of the time events that happen don't suit our wishes. Don't give me any more gobbetly gook. Blah blah blah.