Why Does God Do This?

Have you ever been asked, "If there was a God, how could he let all the bad stuff happen in the world?" I know I have and it sickens me. First, we are in no way important enough to judge the mind and plan of God, we need to be kept in our places! Secondly, those who don't have God, are left out of one of the best promises in the Bible "All things work together for good to them that love God". And Thirdly, and I think this would be the best response to an unbeliever, "We, as a country, have been demanding that God be taken out of our schools, out of our government, and out of our lives; then we blame God for not giving us His blessing and protection when we demand with such ardor that He leave us alone!" How can we be so dumb as to blame God for giving us merely what we want? The more we take God out of the picture, the more bad things happen, and the more bad things happen, the more we blame God and try to remove Him from the picture. Dr. Spock said not to spank our kids because it would damage their minds and lower their self-esteem. His son commited suicide, but yet we said, "He's an expert, he must know what he's talking about. OKay." Now we wonder why our kids are killing strangers, teachers, and classmates. Why they rebel and yell at their parents. Why they do drugs and alcohol as teenagers. Why their minds and mouths are in the gutter. Why teenage girls are pregnant. Why teenage boys in prison. There is a pattern here! A pattern that has been all throughout history. A nation has four stages; great power, great wealth, great sin, great DESTRUCTION! The USA has gone through three of these that we know of and has started on number 4! Jesus is coming back to judge the world and our response, every one of us, will be to fall on our faces and declare He is Lord! The only question is will you do it voluntarily or not?? For christians, we can not wait for Him to return, for unbelievers, it is TERRIFYING!!! Which are you???