On the topic of suffering.  yes of course we all experience pain and suffering.  But for a lot of us we spend most of our life in the bracket of could be worse or even in positively pleasurable states.  But once it's been bad enough well it makes you wonder about God.  As I did at that time.  And what I thought was if I were the Almighty then you know what, I'd most definitely tone down on the suffering bit.