But that’s simply false. Indeed, you’re unusual in thinking God couldn’t have a good reason to permit the evil we see in our world, given the popularity of Christianity and Abrahamic religious belief more generally.
I disagree
It is 100% true that most every human being on earth {minus the odd socio/psychopath} thinks and feels that it is immoral and evil to consciously and purposefully inflict needless harm upon others
I am NOT 'unusual' in holding God to this standard!
What is 'unusual' and regretful and dangerous is that there are millions of religion blinded individuals who make excuses for God and insist that He need not be held to the same standard that we hold ourselves to
There is very often, for us limited human beings, good reason to permit/cause an evil {i.e. harm}
Sometimes, there is no other way for us to achieve a greater good...
This is what I am referring to as a needful or needed harm
God is different
God is unlimited
There is no such thing as a 'good reason' for an unlimited being to permit/cause harm because an unlimited being never, ever needs to do so
Anytime an unlimited being permits/causes harm it is, by definition, a needless harm and, as we have already established, it is immoral to consciously and purposefully inflict needless harm upon others
I'm not sure what your issue with my position is?