Of course this is the age old question that is asked by virtually everyone at some time over the course of their life. It may be a mother whose child died tragically, the philosopher who denies the existence of God, or the solider who fought valiantly only to be rejected by the people he risked his life to protect.
Some people look at the world full of natural calamities, war, hate, child abuse, divorce, innocent lives taken through the neglect of others . . . and the seemingly endless prospering from evil and conclude that there is no God; or if there is He does not care about me.
The following notes were used in a presentation that I did on this subject, which I think will answer the problem of evil better than concluding that there is no God or that God does not care about you.
microsoft-word-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people-blog-3-6-07.pdf
