[benjohnson]

My faith tradition would heartily agree that the situation is entirely untenable - only that we would turn our suffering over to God as a way of sharing in His suffering for us.

My rational side finds such a ideas entirely disturbing!

From a Christian viewpoint - God indeed isn't always interested in our (momentary) well being - only that we are saved in everlasting life.

Our more mystical faithfull would remind us that we each experience this world in the palm of God's hand - in that God could create a separate experience for each of us and that (perhaps) the suffering we witness isn't experienced in the way that we see.