What are you really asking?  Page 265 The Bottle House

“I know a man who yearns for faith in God shouldn’t ask this but why would God want to create a world he knew was going to turn out like this?”

“Stefan, that’s a good question … one people have asked throughout history. What I wonder, though, is if this is really the question people are asking God, or is there, perhaps, something else?” Stefan said nothing as he contemplated the question. “I think what they really want to know is whether or not God is truly good. And if he is, does he care about the things we care about?”