Freak accidents follow this same idea and can also very well be interpreted as an act of God. Finally on top of all this evil and suffering one must also face death, which is usually a painful and unpleasant experience in itself (PHIL1003 #7, p.3).
So the question arises, how can a God who is so loving, good and powerful let these evils occur? Many explanations frequently try to reason that these evils exist to teach a moral lesson or to create some sort of balance so we can rightfully appreciate the good things in life (Sullivan S. 2005). Nonetheless, they aren't able to justify what appears as an unreasonable amount of evil that at times prey's on the innocent. Most Christian's follow the Bible's teachings where the devil creates this evil and God prevents it in the afterlife. The bible tries to put this suffering and evil in perspective of the rewards in the afterlife, as Paul explains, 'For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed to us' (Rom 8:18). This teaching is a poor excuse for evil and raises serious questions over God's unlimited power that should be able to prevent such evils. With such irrational suffering seen through random terrorist attacks, the disturbing famine in Somalia and the growing number of devastating earthquakes and other natural disasters it seems that this extent of evil cannot be justified.
Theists try to claim this coexistence through two main arguments: The freewill defense and the Teleological defense. Although these counter arguments attempt to explain the existence of evil within a world created by God, the most they manage to do is raise more questions and doubt to the reality of such a God. The freewill defence solely basis itself around the concept of God creating human beings with freewill, which was eventually abused and led to the creation of evil due to man's wrongdoings.