Then you haven't read the story.
Which do you think it was? Was he punished or tested?
The creator of all has the right and authority to determine the time for every person on the planet to meet his end - innocent or not. The guilty will be judged and either found faithless or declared washed. The innocent will get what the need.
That's your opinion.
I do not beleive that He is all knowing or that the Bible claims Him to be all knowing. But that is irrelevant since the test is not used to provide God with information but to provide us with what we need.
Evil causes suffering. It is so simple and elementary that a child could figure it out.
Yes, disease is the result of evil.
God does not promise to protect you from suffering. He does promise to give you what you need.
Cancer is just as much a result of sin as being a rape victim is the result of sin (the rapist's sin). The existence of sin in the worlds corrupts it in many ways.
God did design the earth and He designed it to be perfect but sin changed it.
You do not understand who I am.
You misunderstand God to think so. But for a second let's take a look at your statment. First you start with the premise that He exists. If He does exists then His plan is the only plan in town. You have no better alternative. If He exists then His heaven is still better than His hell. Your statement is illogical. I think someone must be in a profound state of rebellion to prefer hell to heaven. So if and when that comes to pass then the results will be just. Of course it is completely up to you.
Why shouldn't a believer be homeless? All of us here are just a brief whisper of smoke. Our bodies were given to us for enjoyment but they are just bodies. We should not make enjoyment our God. Compared to the richness and eternity that heaven promises no sacrifice is too geat if it will help us to reach heaven.
There may be a thousand reasons for homelessness. But one that I see is that it is an opportunity for you to be compassionate. Will you accept the lesson? Will you let it benefit you? Do you not know that your purpose for being is to love God and your neighbor? So go and love your neighbor.
