JeffT-if you think this thread is about IRS agents then you're missing the boat... good lord buddy, read it again and see if you can't see what I'm talking about.. its about human suffering in general, not my dealings with the IRS... its also about the fact that doing right, going up against things you know are wrong hardly ever pays, it usually costs....and where is the hand of God in our suffering-where's our reward for our good deeds? And to think I suffer less than many people I know or have known-and I have known men and women much better persons than i'll ever be suffer incidents that are hard to imagine.
I remember a sister in our congregaiton, she was bedridden for years... finally did everyone a favor including herself and passed on. Her husband stayed with her for 20 years and was a really good man... I doubt he ever cheated on her. Why, if there is a god, would he chose this man and lady to suffer in such ways, and then allow people who do really bad things to prosper... the man had to live in squalar becasue of his wife's illness?
This all sure looks like an uncaring God, or just chance... if its chance then that partailly proves evolution. With the luck I've had it seems hard to beleive its all chance, but look at the example above.... please, and I mean this as nice as I can say it, please don't insult our intelligence with comments like the one you made, this is a serious question and requires serious thought.